Acute Intoxication with Nicotine Alkaloids and Cannabinoids in Children from Ingestion of Cigarettes

@article{Malizia1983AcuteIW,
  title={Acute Intoxication with Nicotine Alkaloids and Cannabinoids in Children from Ingestion of Cigarettes},
  author={Emil Malizia and G. Andreucci and Fachrial Rizqi Alfani and Monica Smeriglio and P Nicholai},
  journal={Human and Experimental Toxicology},
  year={1983},
  volume={2},
  pages={315 - 316},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:29806143}
}
The risks to children from tobacco and tobacco with cannabinoids have been described following ingestion of cigarettes, cigarette butts, reefers and joints (Arena, 1974; Schvartsman, 1971; Dreisbach,…
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