TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Recreational cannabis: profile of cannabinoids present in marijuana samples supplied by the consuming population
JO  - Salud colectiva
A1  - Gómez Velásquez, Santiago
A1  - Amaya Heredia, Ángela María
A1  - Bedoya Moncada, Santiago
A1  - Patiño González, Juan Esteban
A1  - Martínez Ramírez, Jorge Ariel
SP  - e4385
EP  - e4385
VL  - 19
IS  - 
N2  - As cannabis/marijuana is one of the most consumed psychoactive substances in the world, knowing the composition and type of cannabis sold in urban environments is a necessary input for the design of public health policies based on scientific evidence. This study characterized the main phytocannabinoids of marijuana samples (cigarettes or buds) obtained in urban and rural areas of the city of Medellín in October 2021. Non-probabilistic convenience sampling was carried out in which 87 marijuana samples donated by consumers were collected at different collection points throughout the city, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and flame ionization techniques were employed for the characterization of phytocannabinoids. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) was found to be the main constituent of circulating marijuana in Medellín, where 67.8% of the samples had a high or higher toxicological range for THC; the foregoing in a context where the deregulated market in practice limits the possibility that consumers have to calibrate or decide the concentration of cannabinoids in their doses.<p />  <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 1669-2381
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18294/sc.2023.4385
ID  - ref1
ER  -