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Medical marijuana: A panacea or scourge

Lung India, 2014
Marijuana (Cannabis sativa) has been used for recreational and medical purposes since ages. Marijuana smoking is an evil, which is on the rise with about 180.6 million active users worldwide.
Surender Kashyap, Kartikeya Kashyap
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Smoked Marijuana as a Cause of Lung Injury

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2005
P. Tashkin. In many societies, marijuana is the second most commonly smoked substance after tobacco. While Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is unique to marijuana and nicotine to tobacco, the smoke of marijuana, like that of tobacco, consists of a toxic ...
D.P. Tashkin
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Marijuana Is Associated With a Hormonal Imbalance Among Several Habits Related to Male Infertility: A Retrospective Study

Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2022
Marijuana is one of the most consumed drugs worldwide. There is increasing evidence of an association between marijuana and male infertility. This study intends to assess the repercussion of marijuana smoking and other habits (sedentary lifestyle ...
Thiago A. Teixeira, Thiago A. Teixeira, Thiago A. Teixeira, Ivan Iori, Ivan Iori, Gustavo Andrade, Gustavo Andrade, Paulo H. N. Saldiva, Joël R. Drevet, Elaine M. F. Costa, Elaine M. F. Costa, Jorge Hallak, Jorge Hallak, Jorge Hallak   +13 more
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The determination of the inhalable fraction of 40K activity in marijuana (Cannabis sativa L.) buds by instrumental neutron activation analysis and the effective dose to the body

Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences, 2017
Total potassium in marijuana (Cannabis sativa L.) buds was determined using instrumental neutron activation analysis. The mass fraction of 40K and its activity were derived using the natural isotopic ratios of potassium.
Johann M.R. Antoine, Charles N. Grant
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Idiopathic nodular glomerulosclerosis in a chronic marijuana user; a case report and review of the literature [PDF]

Journal of Nephropathology, 2017
Background: Nodular glomerulosclerosis is a characteristic histological finding of diabetic nephropathy (DN) with thickened glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and hyalinized arterioles.
Mehri Mollaee, Tibor Fülöp, Sohil Abdul Salim, Mehrdad Hamrahian   +3 more
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Medical Marijuana: Clearing Away the Smoke [PDF]

The Open Neurology Journal, 2012
Recent advances in understanding of the mode of action of tetrahydrocannabinol and related cannabinoid in-gredients of marijuana, plus the accumulating anecdotal reports on potential medical benefits have spurred increasing re-search into possible medicinal uses of cannabis.
Grant, Igor, Atkinson, J. Hampton, Gouaux, Ben, Wilsey, Barth   +3 more
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Impairment of Endothelial Function by Aerosol From Marijuana Leaf Vaporizers

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background Marijuana leaf vaporizers, which heat plant material and sublimate Δ‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol without combustion, are popular alternatives to smoking cannabis that are generally perceived to be less harmful. We have shown that smoke from tobacco
Jiangtao Liu, Pooneh Nabavizadeh, Poonam Rao, Ronak Derakhshandeh, Daniel D. Han, Raymond Guo, Morgan B. Murphy, Jing Cheng, Suzaynn F. Schick, Matthew L. Springer   +9 more
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SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHICS AND TYPES OF POLYDRUGS USED BY PATIENTS UNDERGOING METHADONE-ASSISTED THERAPY

Journal of Science, Innovation and Creativity, 2022
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [UNODC] in 2018 reported that Polydrug are commonly used for both recreation and regular drug use with majority of users being young adults.
Rose N Kiiru, Charity W Waithima, Peterson K Mwangi   +2 more
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Assessment of prevalence, predictors, reasons and regulations of substance smoking among children in Ghana

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background In Ghana, it is against the law for children to smoke. Nevertheless, a portion of children in the country do smoke. However, there is a paucity of research on young smokers in Ghana and other sub-Saharan African nations. This study, therefore,
Sylvester Kyei-Gyamfi, Frank Kyei-Arthur
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A rare case of marijuana associated with ascending aorta thrombosis complicated with stroke and bilateral renal infarcts

Radiology Case Reports, 2022
Ascending aortic is an uncommon site for arterial thrombosis and ascending aortic thrombosis is a very rare phenomenon with a high fatality rate. Marijuana is the most commonly used psychoactive drug in the United States and a few cases have been ...
Iyad Farouji, MD, Kok Hoe Chan, MD, Arwa Battah, MD, Hossam Abed, MD, Theodore DaCosta, DO, Joaquim Correia, MD, Addi Suleiman, MD   +6 more
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