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PSYCHOCLINICAL EFFECTS OF LONG‐TERM MARIJUANA USE IN 275 INDIAN CHRONIC USERS. A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS IN INDIAN AND USA USERS
Author(s) -
Chopra Gurbakhsh S.,
Jandu Balwant S.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1976.tb49889.x
Subject(s) - addiction , interim , citation , annals , library science , commission , medicine , family medicine , psychology , psychiatry , history , political science , law , computer science , classics
The use of marijuana has aroused horror and rejection as well as adulation in the world. The present widespread use of the drug is a worldwide phenomenon. No caste, creed, nation, or country is free from its use. There are divergent views about its long-term effects. Despite keen public and professional interest in the adverse reactions and complications that result from chronic use of cannabis drugs, the description and documentation of associated medical and psychic effects have seldom gone beyond generalizations. This study will report on 275 chronic cannabis users and also on 17 alienated youths (“hippies”) from America and Europe who had come from Nepal to India and smoked or consumed cannabis drugs regularly for periods of 6 months to several years. They volunteered information and submitted to examination. The studies were conducted in original settings at places of indulgence and work.