Cannabis as medicine: Time for the phoenix to rise?: The evidence suggests so

BMJ

Volumn 316, Issue 7137, 1998, Pages 1034-

  Robson, Philip ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; NABILONE;

AMNESIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; APPETITE DISORDER; ATAXIA; EDITORIAL; EUPHORIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SPASTICITY; TACHYCARDIA; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; GREAT BRITAIN; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RISKS AND BENEFITS; ROYAL PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN); THERAPEUTIC USES OF CANNABIS (BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION);

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CANNABINOIDS; CANNABIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 85007739660     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7137.1034     Document Type: Editorial

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