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| H KalantSummaryAffiliation: University of Toronto Country: Canada Publications
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Smoked marijuana as medicine: not much futureH Kalant
Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Clin Pharmacol Ther 83:517-9. 2008
The pharmacology and toxicology of "ecstasy" (MDMA) and related drugsH Kalant
Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Addiction Research Foundation Division, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ont
CMAJ 165:917-28. 2001..The toxic or even fatal dose range overlaps the range of recreational dosage. The available evidence does not yet permit an accurate assessment of the size of the problem presented by the use of these drugs...
Medicinal use of cannabis: history and current statusH Kalant
Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pain Res Manag 6:80-91. 2001..To provide an overview of the history and pharmacology of cannabis in relation to current scientific knowledge concerning actual and potential therapeutic uses of cannabis preparations and pure cannabinoids...
Adverse effects of cannabis on health: an update of the literature since 1996Harold Kalant
Department of Pharmacology, Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A8
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 28:849-63. 2004..In total, the evidence indicates that regular heavy use of cannabis carries significant risks for the individual user and for the health care system...
Drug treatment--not as useless as it seemsHarold Kalant
University of Toronto, Canada
Addiction 103:707-8; discussion 710. 2008
What neurobiology cannot tell us about addictionHarold Kalant
Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Addiction 105:780-9. 2010....
Drug classification: science, politics, both or neither?Harold Kalant
Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
Addiction 105:1146-9. 2010..The problems inherent in such drug classification are illustrated by the examples of cannabis and of salvinorin A. They raise the question as to whether the classification process really serves any socially beneficial purpose...
