title: Recreational cannabis use: pleasures and pitfalls.
abstract: Cannabis is widely used for a variety of reasons, and its changing legal status may foster more new users. Although the acute clinical effects of cannabis are generally benign, clinicians should be aware of health complications and testing limitations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA. E-mail: jor9144@med.cornell.edu.|Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Rella
mesh_terms: D002188:Cannabis; D006801:Humans; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D057181:Pleasure; D011634:Public Health