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[Poisoning with narcotics and hallucinogens in material from the Clinic of Acute Poisoning in Lodz (1993-1996)]
M Kotwica1, Z Kołaciński, A Rogaczewska
1Krajowego Centrum Informacji Toksykologicznej i Kliniki Ostrych Zatruć Instytutu Medycyny Pracy, Lodzi.
Abstract:
Our material consists of the patients treated for poisonings with street-drugs in Clinic of Acute Poisonings, Lódź, Poland during the period 1993-1996. During the time of 4 years, the number of hospitalised patients have grown up 4.5 times. The structure of used drugs has also changed. Up to 1993 the most popular were opiates derivatives and narcotic analgetics-morphine derivatives. In 1996 almost all narcotics are common, opiates (both natural and synthetic), cocaine, LSD, amphetamine and commonly used (by youngsters especially) Cannabis sativa (marihuana etc). The most common sources of poisoning in our material were opiates and amphetamine, followed by tetrahydrocannabinol derivatives-marijuana.
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