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Cannabis, mind, and mirth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

FR Ames and
DJ Castle
FR Ames
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
DJ Castle*
Affiliation:
Mills Street Clinical Research Unit, University of Western Australia, 35 Mills Street, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia6102, Australia
*
*Correspondence and reprints.
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Summary

In the context of the discovery of the cerebral ligand for the cannabis receptor, and the elucidation of its genetic sequence, we discuss the psychomimetic properties of Cannabis sativa, and explore the relationship between cannabis intoxication and mood. We suggest that renewed study of acute cannabis encephalopathy would be rewarding not only in deepening our understanding of consciousness in healthy adults, but also in helping us to understand the perceptual world of the child, the elderly, and some of our patients.

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Cannabis sativapsychosismood disordermemory

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European Psychiatry , Volume 11 , Issue 7 , 1996, pp. 329 - 334
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1996

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