Clinical characteristics and laboratory test results of patients admitted to outpatient clinic for synthetic cannabinoid usage

Müge Bozkurt, Gökhan Umut, Cüneyt Evren, Vahap Karabulut

Dusunen Adam The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences · 2014 · 18 citations · 15 references

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Objective: Synthetic cannabinoids (SC) are psychoactive substances that have agonistic effects on cannabinoid receptors. The aim of this study was to investigate the sociodemographic variables, SC usage properties, clinical effects and withdrawal symptoms of SC in patients who admitted to Research, Treatment and Training Center for Alcohol and Substance Dependence (AMATEM) in Istanbul for SC usage, while analyzing the urine samples of the patients by an enzyme immunoassay screening test.

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