Synthetic cannabinoid overdose in a 20-year-old male US soldier

Substance Abuse

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-72

  Berry Cabán, Cristóbal S ^a   Ee, Juliana ^a   Ingram, Victoria ^a   Berry, Carlos E ^b   Kim, Eugene H ^a  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use; Spice; synthetic cannabinoid; US soldiers

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOSIS; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

CANNABINOIDS; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873036227     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2012.677754     Document Type: Article

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