RT Book, Section
A1 Benowitz, Neal L.
A2 Olson, Kent R.
A2 Anderson, Ilene B.
A2 Benowitz, Neal L.
A2 Blanc, Paul D.
A2 Clark, Richard F.
A2 Kearney, Thomas E.
A2 Kim-Katz, Susan Y.
A2 Wu, Alan H. B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1174606346
T1 MARIJUANA
T2 Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071839792
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174606346
RD 2024/04/19
AB Marijuana  consists  of  the  leaves  and  flowering  parts  of  the  plant  Cannabis  sativa.  It  usually  is  smoked  in  cigarettes  ("joints"  or  "reefers")  or  pipes  or  added  to  food  (usually  cookies,  brownies,  or  tea).  Resin  from  the  plant  may  be  dried  and  compressed  into  blocks  called  hashish.  Marijuana  contains  a  number  of  cannabinoids;  the  primary  psychoactive  one  is  delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol  (THC).  THC  is  available  by  prescription  in  capsule  form  (dronabinol  [Marinol])  and  is  available  in  liquid  form  for  inhalation  using  electronic  cigarette  devices.  Marijuana  can  also  be  inhaled  using  a  vaporizer  (such  as  Volcano),  which  vaporizes  THC  without  combusting  marijuana.  THC  is  used  medically  as  an  appetite  stimulant  for  patients  with  such  conditions  as  AIDS-related  anorexia;  it  also  is  used  as  treatment  for  vomiting  associated  with  cancer  chemotherapy,  for  chronic  pain,  and  for  multiple  sclerosis,  glaucoma,  and  other  disorders.  In  some  US  states  cannabis  products  are  legal  for  medical  use,  and  in  others  for  recreational  use.