Historique
Chapitre
Cannabis usage in Pakistan: a pilot study of long term effects on social status and physical health
(Usage de cannabis au Pakistan : une étude pilote des effets à long terme sur le statut social et la santé physique)
in :
Auteur(s) :
KHAN, M. A. ;
ABBAS, A. ;
JENSEN, K.
Année
1975
Page(s) :
p. 346-354
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
La Hague : Mouton publishers
ISBN :
978-90-279-7669-7
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
CANNABIS
;
ETUDE TRANSVERSALE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
;
USAGE REGULIER
;
EFFET SECONDAIRE
Thésaurus géographique
PAKISTAN
Résumé :
A detailed description is given of the various modes of consumption of cannabis, bhang as a drink and charas for smoking, in Pakistan, a society in which cannabis is socially accepted. The study includes preliminary social and medical investigations of 70 healthy male subjects, all of whom had consumed cannabis for at least 20 years. These examinations showed no significant abnormalities and in no case was there evidence that the use of cannabis interfered with the subjects' ability to work. There was no suggestion that either tolerance to the drug or physical dependence on it occurred. Observations made on subjects indicated that the drug tended to cause a slight fall in the blood pressure and an increase in the heart rate. Some transient dryness of the oral mucosa and a tendency to develop an irritant cough occurred after smoking. Such extensive studies on a much larger scale are required on a population which is well adjusted and where cannabis is socially accepted, and where only cannabis is used. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Institute of Psychiatry, Odense Univ. Hospital
Danemark. Denmark.
Danemark. Denmark.
Cote :
L00044