Marijuana use among adolescents - 01/09/11
Doi : 10.1016/S0031-3955(01)00011-6
Amanda J Gruber, MD ⁎, a, b 
, Harrison G Pope, MD, MPH a
, Harrison G Pope, MD, MPH a a Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
b Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
*Corresponding author. Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA.
Abstract |
Humans have used the plant Cannabis sativa for its intoxicating effects for thousands of years. In the United States, cannabis is the most commonly used illicit intoxicating substance among adolescents [93, 175]. Marijuana and other cannabis preparations (other than synthetic pharmaceuticals) are derived from the female plant. The primary psychoactive molecule is Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ-9-THC), but the plant contains approximately 60 other cannabinoids [73].
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 | This work was supported by NIDA grant nos. R01 DA10346 and 2T32 DA07252. |
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Vol 49 - N° 2
P. 389-413 - avril 2002 Retour au numéro
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