N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) in Young Marijuana Users: An Open-Label Pilot Study
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N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in young marijuana users: an open-label pilot study.
Cannabis use disorders (abuse or dependence) are present in 3.6% of adolescents and 5.9% of young adults, compared with only 0.7% of adults over the age of 25 (1). While a small number of large-scale pharmacotherapy clinical trials targeting cannabis dependence have been undertaken, none have demonstrated significant medication effects on marijuana use and none have focused on young marijuana u...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal on Addictions
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1055-0496,1521-0391
DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2009.00027.x