To Dab or Not to Dab: Rising Concerns Regarding the Toxicity of Cannabis Concentrates

Cannabis use is steadily rising in the United States. As the popularity of marijuana rises, new varieties of cannabis-related products are becoming available. Dabs are cannabis concentrates gaining notoriety for their significant amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that are ultimately vaporized an...

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Autores principales: Alzghari, Saeed K, Fung, Victor, Rickner, Shannon S, Chacko, Liza, Fleming, Steven W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Epidemiology/Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5679763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152433
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1676
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Fung, Victor
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Fleming, Steven W
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description Cannabis use is steadily rising in the United States. As the popularity of marijuana rises, new varieties of cannabis-related products are becoming available. Dabs are cannabis concentrates gaining notoriety for their significant amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that are ultimately vaporized and inhaled for their effect. Herein, we provide an overview of recent cases of dabbing to bring awareness to the clinicians, of the significant adverse effects associated with dabs including psychosis, neurotoxicity, and cardiotoxicity.
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spelling pubmed-56797632017-11-17 To Dab or Not to Dab: Rising Concerns Regarding the Toxicity of Cannabis Concentrates Alzghari, Saeed K Fung, Victor Rickner, Shannon S Chacko, Liza Fleming, Steven W Cureus Epidemiology/Public Health Cannabis use is steadily rising in the United States. As the popularity of marijuana rises, new varieties of cannabis-related products are becoming available. Dabs are cannabis concentrates gaining notoriety for their significant amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that are ultimately vaporized and inhaled for their effect. Herein, we provide an overview of recent cases of dabbing to bring awareness to the clinicians, of the significant adverse effects associated with dabs including psychosis, neurotoxicity, and cardiotoxicity. Cureus 2017-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5679763/ /pubmed/29152433 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1676 Text en Copyright © 2017, Alzghari et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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