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Respiratory effects of delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol
Author(s) -
Bellville J. Weldon,
Swanson George D.,
Aqleh Kamel A.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt1975175541
Subject(s) - delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol , respiration , respiratory system , tetrahydrocannabinol , depression (economics) , medicine , anesthesia , pentobarbital , pharmacology , cannabinoid , receptor , economics , anatomy , macroeconomics
The respiratory effects of smoked marijuana and oral delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (ΔTHC) have been studied in healthy males by assessing displacement of the respiratory response curve. Both cause slight respiratory depression. While alcohol usually causes respiratory depression, in some subjects it stimulates respiration. High doses of pentobarbital depress respiration but low doses apparently do not.