Cannabis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Inadvertent ingestion of marijuana - Los Angeles, California, 2009.

2 Sep 2009 On April 8, 2009, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) notified officials from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) in California about a group of preschool teachers with nausea, dizziness, headache, and numbness and tingling ... Read more...

Chronic toxicology of cannabis.

29 Jun 2009 INTRODUCTION: Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug worldwide. As societies reconsider the legal status of cannabis, policy makers and clinicians require sound knowledge of the acute and chronic effects of cannabis. This review focuses on ... Read more...

Elicitation studies in cell suspension cultures of Cannabis sativa L.

9 Jun 2009 Cannabis sativa L. plants produce a diverse array of secondary metabolites. Cannabis cell cultures were treated with biotic and abiotic elicitors to evaluate their effect on secondary metabolism. Metabolic profiles analysed by (1)H NMR spectroscopy ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Cannabis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Medical marijuana: informational resources for family physicians. 13 Oct 2009
• How pot became legal. 26 Sep 2009
• Inadvertent ingestion of marijuana - Los Angeles, California, 2009. 2 Sep 2009
• Chronic toxicology of cannabis. 29 Jun 2009
• Elicitation studies in cell suspension cultures of Cannabis sativa L. 9 Jun 2009
• Drugs and violent death: comparative toxicology of homicide and non-substance toxicity suicide victims. 30 May 2009
• Unsuspected exposure to cocaine in preschool children from a Mediterranean city detected by hair analysis. 30 May 2009
• Evaluation of the DNA damaging potential of cannabis cigarette smoke by the determination of acetaldehyde derived N2-ethyl-2'-deoxyguanosine adducts. 30 May 2009
• Effects of gibberellic acid on primary terpenoids and delta-tetrahydrocannabinol in Cannabis sativa at flowering stage. 30 May 2009
• [Cyclical hyperemesis secondary to cannabis abuse] 25 May 2009
• Characterization of olivetol synthase, a polyketide synthase putatively involved in cannabinoid biosynthetic pathway. 17 May 2009
• [Respiratory consequences of inhalation of adulterated cannabis] 29 Apr 2009
• Medicinal use of cannabis in the United States: historical perspectives, current trends, and future directions. 29 Apr 2009
• The effect of cannabis compared with alcohol on driving. 29 Apr 2009
• Cannabidiol in medicine: a review of its therapeutic potential in CNS disorders. 29 Apr 2009
• Moderate use of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis during pregnancy: new approaches and update on research findings. 22 Apr 2009
• Flavonoid-induced autophagy in hormone sensitive breast cancer cells. 12 Apr 2009
• It's high time. 11 Apr 2009
• Life in science: seeds of doubt. 8 Apr 2009
• Cannabinoids and psychosis. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Cannabis'

Definition: The plant genus in the Cannabaceae plant family, Urticales order, Hamamelidae subclass. The flowering tops are called many slang terms including pot, marijuana, hashish, bhang, and ganja. The stem is an important source of hemp fiber.

Descriptor UI: D002188

Alternative terms: Cannabis; Hemp Plant; Cannabis indica; Marihuana; Marijuana; Ganja; Hashish; Hemp; Bhang; Cannabis sativa;

Related Mesh Headings: Cannabinoids; Marijuana Abuse; Marijuana Smoking;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; anatomy & histology; classification; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; physiology; poisoning; radiation effects; toxicity; ultrastructure; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: B06.388.100.175.500;

History Note: was in Cat B & D 1963-76

Technical Notes: plant only; X ref HEMP refers to commercial fiber; note X refs for names of preparations derived from the plant; for chemicals derived from CANNABIS, consider CANNABINOIDS; coord with specific PLANT COMPONENTS term if pertinent; for use in therapy coord IM with PHYTOTHERAPY (IM) + disease/drug ther (IM) + PLANT PREPARATION or its indentations/ther use (IM or NIM) + specific plant chemical /ther use (IM) if pertinent; Manual 26.29