Historique
Chapitre
Sociocultural and epidemiological aspects of hashish use in Greece
(Aspects socioculturels et épidémiologiques de l'usage de hashish en Grèce)
in :
Auteur(s) :
STEFANIS, C. ;
BALLAS, C. ;
MADIANOU, D.
Année :
1975
Page(s) :
p. 303-326
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
La Hague : Mouton publishers
ISBN :
978-90-279-7669-7
Refs biblio. :
31
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Résumé :
The first section of this paper traces the history of cannabis as it relates to ancient Greece, Byzantium, the Greek-speaking populations under Ottoman domination, and modern Greece. While it is clear that ancient Greeks were aware of the use of the plant by neighboring peoples, there is no evidence to indicate that they utilized it in any way or that hashish was incorporated into the Greek cultural inventory before the mid-nineteenth century. Socioeconomic conditions and geographical centrality are posited as key factors which led to the introduction of hashish to modern Greece, first in the island of Syros and then to other port cities. A second section deals with demographic and epidemiological data on current hashish use and compares the total hashish using population to the general Greek population and to a sample of subjects in a clinical study in Athens on chronic effects of hashish use. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Dept. of Psychiatry, Athens Univ. Medical School, Athens
Grèce. Greece.
Grèce. Greece.
Cote :
L00044