The Health Effects of Cannabis

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DRM:
Watermark

Publication Year:
1999

ISBN-13: 9780888689269

<p><em>The Health Effects of Cannabis</em> is an important reference text on the adverse, and the potentially beneficial, effects of cannabis use. Internationally recognized experts in the field contribute a wealth of information about the use and effects of Canada’s most widely used illicit drug. <em>The Health Effects of Cannabis</em> will be of interest to addiction medicine specialists, educators, researchers, health program managers and policy-makers, and anyone else who wants scientific information on cannabis and its effects.</p>

<p>Topics include:</p>

<ul>

<li>the epidemiology of cannabis use and related problems</li>

<li>the long-term central nervous system effects of cannabis</li>

<li>mental and behavioural disorders caused by cannabis use</li>

<li>cannabis and immunity</li>

<li>cannabis use during pregnancy</li>

<li>therapeutic uses of cannabis and cannabinoids</li>

<li>the health and psychological effects of cannabis use</li>

<li>the comparative risks of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and opioid use.</li>

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