ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 April 1976
Page Count: 11

Detection of Urinary Cannabis Metabolites: A Preliminary Investigation
Kelley, JA
Research biochemist and chemist, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research,

Arnold, KP
Research biochemist and chemist, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research,

(Received 25 April 1975; accepted 28 July 1975)

Abstract

Cannabis sativa, in the form of marihuana or hashish, is perhaps the most widely used illicit psychoactive drug in the world. Controversy about its pharmacological effects and potential for harm has prompted a flood of research in the past decade [1ߝ3]. In spite of this concentrated research effort the metabolism of the active constituents of Cannabis is incompletely elucidated, and analytical methods to supply hard chemical information about marihuana ingestion for both forensic and pharmacological purposes are woefully lacking.

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Paper ID: JFS10493J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10493J
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