"Spice" girls: Synthetic cannabinoid intoxication

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 296-299

  Schneir, Aaron B ^a   Cullen, Jennifer ^a   Ly, Binh T ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cannabinoid; JWH 018; JWH 073; spice

Indexed keywords

3 (1 NAPHTHOYL) 1 PENTYLINDOLE; CANNABINOID; JWH 073; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS;

ANTIDOTES; ANXIETY; CANNABINOIDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952814790     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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