Cannabis use by children and young people

Arch Dis Child. 2006 Aug;91(8):692-5. doi: 10.1136/adc.2005.071860.

Abstract

A popular internet site describes cannabis as "a leafy plant, the leaves and flowering tops (buds) of which may be either smoked or eaten. It also comes in a more concentrated resinous form called hashish, and as a sticky black liquid called hash oil". It is said that users often report a pleasant "subjective enhancement of visual and auditory perception, sometimes with synaesthesia (sounds take on visual colourful qualities)" and the sense that time passes more quickly than real time, a "fatuous euphoria", as well as relaxation and relief from stress.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Behavior Therapy / methods
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Marijuana Abuse* / psychology
  • Marijuana Abuse* / therapy
  • Risk-Taking
  • Schizophrenia / chemically induced
  • Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / etiology