Bad Mojo: Use of the new marijuana substitute leads to more and more ED visits for acute psychosis

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 232-

  Rodgman, Christopher ^a   Kinzie, Erik ^a   Leimbach, Elizabeth ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CANNABIS;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; EMERGENCY WARD; HALLUCINATION; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; NEW ORLEANS; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 78751670748     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.07.020     Document Type: Letter

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