Kontakt 2005, 7(1-2):100-105 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2005.019

Marihuana - no problem?Health and Social Sciences

Peter Ondrejkovič
Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Fakulta sociálnych vied a zdravotníctva

The article turns the attention to the problem of underestimating the consumption of marihuana, it specifies sites of the action of THC in the brain, it categorizes opinions concerning the marihuana consumption and its attempts to find an answer to the question of possibility of many different or even controversial standpoints aimed at one fact. A comparison of effects of marihuana and alcohol is also a part of the present contribution.

Keywords: marihuana; THC; brain cortex; hippocampus; cerebellum; basal ganglia; opinions concerning marihuana consumption and their causes

Published: June 29, 2005  Show citation

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Ondrejkovič P. Marihuana - no problem? Kontakt. 2005;7(1-2):100-105. doi: 10.32725/kont.2005.019.
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