Comparative effects of alcohol and marijuana on mood, memory, and performance

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-101

  Heishman, Stephen J ^a,b,c   Arasteh, Kamyar ^a   Stitzer, Maxine L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^c NIDA Addiction Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Behavioral pharmacology; Drug abuse; Humans; Marijuana; Memory; Performance; Psychomotor; Subjective effects; THC

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; TIME PERCEPTION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CANNABIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; COGNITION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 0030801501     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00456-X     Document Type: Article

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