Adverse effects of cannabis and cannabinoids.

@article{Ashton1999AdverseEO,
  title={Adverse effects of cannabis and cannabinoids.},
  author={C. Heather Ashton},
  journal={British journal of anaesthesia},
  year={1999},
  volume={83 4},
  pages={
          637-49
        }
}
  • C. Ashton
  • Published 1 October 1999
  • Medicine
  • British journal of anaesthesia
The use of cannabis for both recreational and medicinal purposes dates back for thousands of years.15 91 It is perceived widely by recreational users as a harmless drug, a view fostered by some sections of the press and even (surprisingly) by a leading medical journal.73 The opinions of 74% of doctors in a British Medical Association survey92 and of a Select Committee of the House of Lords59 that cannabis should again be available on prescription (as it was until 1971) appear to support this… 
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