Cannabis: A self-medication drug for weight management? The never ending story

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 177-179

  Bersani, Francesco Saverio ^a,b   Santacroce, Rita ^b,c   Coviello, Marialuce ^a   Imperatori, Claudio ^d   Francesconi, Marta ^a   Vicinanza, Roberto ^e   Minichino, Amedeo ^a   Corazza, Ornella ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d Universita' Europea Roma   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Image enhancing drugs; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

DRUG INTERACTIONS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

CANNABIS; GENERAL POPULATION; IMAGE ENHANCING; IMAGE-ENHANCING DRUG; LOSS PROPERTIES; ONLINE SOURCES; PERFORMANCE ENHANCING; RELATED PRODUCTS; SUBSTANCE USE; WEIGHT LOSS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CANNABIDIOL; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CANNABINOL; CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; ENDOCANNABINOID; INSULIN; RIMONABANT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; CANNABINOID; STREET DRUG;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; CANNABIS SMOKING; CANNABIS USE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG USE; HOMEOSTASIS AND REGULATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERNET; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SELF MEDICATION; TREND STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BODY IMAGE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS;

ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; BODY IMAGE; CANNABINOIDS; CANNABIS; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; SELF MEDICATION; STREET DRUGS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84958751298     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1891     Document Type: Article

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