Neurological Manifestations Associated with Synthetic Cannabinoid Use - A Case Series Marwa Elnazeir, Siddharth Narayanan, Pradeepthi Badugu, Abid Hussain, Cody B. Stephens, Riwaj Bhagat, Christopher M. Jones, Wei Liu, Alexi R. Hernandez, Kerri S. Remmel and Adriana E. Palade The Open Neurology Journal, 2020, 14, 53-58. Doi : 10.2174/1874205X02014010053 Abstract : Background : Synthetic Cannabinoid (SC) use has emerged as a growing public health threat in the United States. Several unexpected cases, presenting with a constellation of unrelated symptoms, but all having toxicity linked to SC use, have been reported in the last decade (2010-2019). Methods : We report a cluster of several independent cases where patients were [...]
Lire la suiteA reliable and validated LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous quantification of 4 cannabinoids in 40 consumer products Qingfang Meng, Beth Buchanan, Jonathan Zuccolo, Mathieu-Marc Poulin, Joseph Gabriele, David Charles Baranowski PLoS ONE, 2018, 13, (5), e0196396. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196396 Abstract In the past 50 years, Cannabis sativa (C. sativa) has gone from a substance essentially prohibited worldwide to one that is gaining acceptance both culturally and legally in many countries for medicinal and recreational use. As additional jurisdictions legalize Cannabis products and the variety and complexity of these products surpass the classical dried plant material, appropriate methods for measuring the biologically active constituents is paramount to ensure [...]
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