indian/cannabis

OBJECTIVE To find out how cannabis came to be subject to international narcotics legislation. METHODS Examination of the records of the 1925 League of Nations' Second Opium Conference, of the 1894 Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission and other contemporary documents. RESULTS Although cannabis

OBJECTIVE To examine the characteristics of marijuana users among a large sample of American Indian high school students. METHODS High school survey. METHODS Seven predominantly American Indian high schools in four communities west of the Mississippi. METHODS 1464 Indian adolescents who: (1)

Background: Prescription drug misuse (PDM) is a growing issue within the American Indian (AI) population, especially in younger populations. Objectives: This study estimates

American Indian adolescents residing on reservations report high levels of marijuana use. Understanding the relationships between normative mechanisms and marijuana use in this group can be especially important in designing effective strategies to prevent use. Participants were 3446 students

Cannabis is the most widely used illicit substance in the United States, and rates of cannabis use disorders in some Native American samples have been reported to be higher than in the general U.S. population. However, little is known about factors which are associated with remission from cannabis

Objective: There is limited research on the motives for engaging in cannabis use for American Indian (AI) youth. The purpose of this study was to explore the differences in cannabis use motives between White and AI youth. Method:

Tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychotropic component of Cannabis indica, is an addictive drug with multiple effects including both peripheral and central damages. All these effects are due to interference with endocannabinoidergic transmission. This endocannabinoid system subtly regulates many