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The Use of Cannabis
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Book : The Use of Cannabis Language : English Library : Social Phsician Publish Place : Geneva Volume : 478 Publish Date : 00 1971 Publisher : World Health Organization WHO Book Type : Report Book Number : 3435 |
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INDEX
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Cannabis : broad perspectives....................
2.1 The substance..........................
2.1.1 Recent advances in cannabinoid chemistry and measurement
2.2 Historical trends .......................
2.3 Relation to use of other drugs.................
2.3.1 Progression to the use of other drugs...........
3. Epidemiological aspects........................
3.1 Manner of use (mode of consumption, frequency, amount, and duration)
3.2 Reasons for starting and continuing to use cannabis........
3.3 User characteristics.......................
3.4 Sociocultural factors.......................
4. Effects on man of using cannabis...................
4.1 Influence of different preparations, dose levels, and routes of administration..........................
4.2 Immediate effects........................
4.2.1 Usual symptoms and signs.................
4.2.2 Acute psychotoxic reactions................
4.3 Delayed phenomena.......................
4.3.1 Physical disorders.....................
4.3.2 The question of psychoses.................
4.3.3 Some psychosomatic aspects................
4.3.4 Cannabis and crime....................
4.4 Questions of tolerance and physical and psychic dependence
4.4.1 Tolerance ........................
4.4.2 Physical dependence....................
4.4.3 Psychic dependence....................
5. Research needs ...........................
5.1 Determination of the cannabinoid content of cannabis preparations in use in different parts of the world...............
5.2 Distribution of cannabis consumption in the populations of various countries............................
5.3 The effects of long-term cannabis use...............
5.3.1 The relation of cannabis and psychoses...........
5.4 Pharmacological research.....................
6. Research strategies.......................
6.1 Provision for research access to cannabis and cannabis users .
6.2 Comparability of cannabis materials involved in research studies
6.3 Comparability of research approaches............
