TY - JOUR
T1 - Cannabis
T2 - A self-medication drug for weight management? The never ending story
AU - Bersani, Francesco Saverio
AU - Santacroce, Rita
AU - Coviello, Marialuce
AU - Imperatori, Claudio
AU - Francesconi, Marta
AU - Vicinanza, Roberto
AU - Minichino, Amedeo
AU - Corazza, Ornella
PY - 2016/2/1
Y1 - 2016/2/1
N2 - In a society highly focused on physical appearance, people are increasingly using the so-called performance and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs) or life-style drugs as an easy way to control weight. Preliminary data from online sources (e.g. websites, drug forums, e-newsletters) suggest an increased use of cannabis amongst the general population as a PIED due to its putative weight-loss properties. The use of cannabis and/or cannabis-related products to lose weight may represent a new substance-use trend that should be carefully monitored and adequately investigated, especially in light of the well-known adverse psychiatric and somatic effects of cannabis, its possible interaction with other medications/drugs and the unknown and potentially dangerous composition of synthetic cannabimimetics preparations. Data from online sources suggest an increased use of cannabis amongst the general population as a "performance and image-enhancing drug" due to its putative weight-loss properties. The use of cannabis and/or cannabis-related products to lose weight may represent a new substance-use trend that should be carefully monitored and adequately investigated, especially in light of the well-known adverse psychiatric and somatic effects of cannabis, its possible interaction with other medications/drugs and the potentially dangerous composition of synthetic cannabimimetics preparations.
AB - In a society highly focused on physical appearance, people are increasingly using the so-called performance and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs) or life-style drugs as an easy way to control weight. Preliminary data from online sources (e.g. websites, drug forums, e-newsletters) suggest an increased use of cannabis amongst the general population as a PIED due to its putative weight-loss properties. The use of cannabis and/or cannabis-related products to lose weight may represent a new substance-use trend that should be carefully monitored and adequately investigated, especially in light of the well-known adverse psychiatric and somatic effects of cannabis, its possible interaction with other medications/drugs and the unknown and potentially dangerous composition of synthetic cannabimimetics preparations. Data from online sources suggest an increased use of cannabis amongst the general population as a "performance and image-enhancing drug" due to its putative weight-loss properties. The use of cannabis and/or cannabis-related products to lose weight may represent a new substance-use trend that should be carefully monitored and adequately investigated, especially in light of the well-known adverse psychiatric and somatic effects of cannabis, its possible interaction with other medications/drugs and the potentially dangerous composition of synthetic cannabimimetics preparations.
KW - Cannabis
KW - Image-enhancing drugs
KW - Weight loss
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84958751298&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/dta.1891
DO - 10.1002/dta.1891
M3 - Article
C2 - 26456495
AN - SCOPUS:84958751298
SN - 1942-7603
VL - 8
SP - 177
EP - 179
JO - Drug Testing and Analysis
JF - Drug Testing and Analysis
IS - 2
ER -