Medical marijuana: A panacea or scourge

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. The recent legalization of marijuana in Uruguay has generated global interest. The purpose of this short rev...

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Autores principales: Kashyap, Surender, Kashyap, Kartikeya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24778478
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.129843
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spelling pubmed-39996752014-04-28 Medical marijuana: A panacea or scourge Kashyap, Surender Kashyap, Kartikeya Lung India Review Article 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. The recent legalization of marijuana in Uruguay has generated global interest. The purpose of this short review is to describe the various preparations, uses and adverse effects of medical marijuana. It also deals with the adverse effects of marijuana smoking when used for recreational purposes. ased on the current literature, medical use of marijuana is justified in certain conditions as an alternative therapy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3999675/ /pubmed/24778478 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.129843 Text en Copyright: © Lung India http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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