title: Cannabis and its users in Nepal.
abstract: Cannabis is easily available in Nepal, large numbers of persons using it regularly. I have studied its effects on 226 persons who had been using it for a long time and in considerable amount. As a control group I used an equal number of men of matching age and education. Compared with the controls, the cannabis users had a poor work record, poor social and family relationships, a lack of interest in sex and a general loss of initiative and efficiency. However, there was no difference in crime rate between the groups.
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D002188:Cannabis; D003415:Crime; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D009390:Nepal; D009790:Occupations; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D012919:Social Behavior; D012922:Social Change; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*