Two cases of "cannabis acute psychosis" following the administration of oral cannabis.

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Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
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Title
Two cases of "cannabis acute psychosis" following the administration of oral cannabis.
Journal
BMC psychiatry
Author(s)
Favrat B., Ménétrey A., Augsburger M., Rothuizen L.E., Appenzeller M., Buclin T., Pin M., Mangin P., Giroud C.
ISSN
1471-244X (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1471-244X
Publication state
Published
Issued date
01/04/2005
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
5
Pages
17
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Cannabis is the most commonly used illegal drug and its therapeutic aspects have a growing interest. Short-term psychotic reactions have been described but not clearly with synthetic oral THC, especially in occasional users.
We report two cases of healthy subjects who were occasional but regular cannabis users without psychiatric history who developed transient psychotic symptoms (depersonalization, paranoid feelings and derealisation) following oral administration of cannabis. In contrast to most other case reports where circumstances and blood concentrations are unknown, the two cases reported here happened under experimental conditions with all subjects negative for cannabis, opiates, amphetamines, cocaine, benzodiazepines and alcohol, and therefore the ingested dose, the time-events of effects on behavior and performance as well as the cannabinoid blood levels were documented.
While the oral route of administration achieves only limited blood concentrations, significant psychotic reactions may occur.

Keywords
Acute Disease, Administration, Oral, Adult, Depersonalization/chemically induced, Dronabinol/administration & dosage, Dronabinol/blood, Dronabinol/pharmacology, Hallucinogens/administration & dosage, Hallucinogens/blood, Hallucinogens/pharmacology, Humans, Male, Marijuana Abuse/blood, Marijuana Abuse/etiology, Marijuana Smoking/epidemiology, Marijuana Smoking/psychology, Paranoid Disorders/chemically induced, Psychoses, Substance-Induced/blood, Psychoses, Substance-Induced/etiology
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