Cannabis body packing: Two case reports

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 862-864

  Spadari, Michel ^a   Canioni, Danielle ^b   Gregoire, Emilie ^c   Drouet, Geneviève ^b   Bourdon, Jean Hubert ^b   Arditti, Jocelyne ^a,b   Micallef, Joelle ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Unit Salvator Hospital Public Assistance Marseille Hospitals University Aix Marseille II   (France)

^c HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

Author keywords

Body packing; Cannabis; Gut and Hepatotoxicity; Organ tissue specific

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; SORBITOL; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS BODY PACKING; CASE REPORT; COLON PERFORATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONDOM; DROWSINESS; DRUG TRAFFIC; FEVER; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PERITONITIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CANNABIS; CONDOMS; CRIME; DRUG PACKAGING; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

CANNABIS;

EID: 81255163418     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2011.623679     Document Type: Article

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