Kontakt 2005, 7(1-2):100-105 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2005.019
Marihuana - no problem?Health and Social Sciences
- 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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