Cannabis withdrawal symptoms in non-treatment-seeking adult cannabis smokers

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 120-127

  Levin, Kenneth H ^a   Copersino, Marc L ^b   Heishman, Stephen J ^a   Liu, Fang ^c   Kelly, Deanna L ^c   Boggs, Douglas L ^c   Gorelick, David A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Marijuana; Relapse; Tolerance; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARIJUANA QUIT QUESTIONNAIRE; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCLE TWITCH; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; SEDATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; STOMACH PAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SWEATING; TREMOR; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; CANNABIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77956190281     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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