Hall W, Solowij N
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Lancet. 1998 Nov 14;352(9140):1611-6. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)05021-1.
Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in many developed societies. Its health and psychological effects are not well understood and remain the subject of much debate, with opinions on its risks polarised along the lines of proponents' views on what its legal status should be. An unfortunate consequence of this polarisation of opinion has been the absence of any consensus on what health information the medical profession should give to patients who are users or potential users of cannabis. There is conflicting evidence about many of the effects of cannabis use, so we summarise the evidence on the most probable adverse health and psychological consequences of acute and chronic use. This uncertainty, however, should not prevent medical practitioners from advising patients about the most likely ill-effects of their cannabis use. Here we make some suggestions about the advice doctors can give to patients who use, or are contemplating the use, of this drug.
在许多发达社会，大麻是使用最为广泛的非法毒品。其对健康和心理的影响尚未得到充分了解，仍是诸多争论的主题，关于其风险的观点因支持者对其法律地位的看法不同而两极分化。这种观点两极分化的一个不幸后果是，对于医疗行业应向大麻使用者或潜在使用者提供何种健康信息，尚未达成任何共识。关于大麻使用的许多影响存在相互矛盾的证据，因此我们总结了急性和慢性使用大麻最可能产生的不良健康和心理后果的证据。然而，这种不确定性不应妨碍医生向患者告知其使用大麻最可能产生的不良影响。在此，我们就医生可向使用或考虑使用这种毒品的患者提供的建议提出一些看法。
