Pediatric Concerns Due to Expanded Cannabis Use: Unintended Consequences of Legalization

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 99-105

  Wang, George Sam ^a  

^a University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Breastfeeding; Cannabidiol; Cannabis; Marijuana; Pediatrics; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CANNABIDIOL; CANNABIS; RECREATIONAL DRUG; MEDICAL CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CANNABIS USE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIARRHEA; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCLE SPASM; PACKAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PSYCHOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEIZURE; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; ADULT; CANNABIS SMOKING; FEMALE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANNABIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84965064231     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13181-016-0552-x     Document Type: Article

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