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Chunk #32 — Results and observations — Cannabis and other addictions — Cannabis

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Addictions in the COVID-19 era: Current evidence, future perspectives a comprehensive review.
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Some editorial mentioned THC (for an increased risk of COVID-19 through lung injuries (Volkow, 2020)), cannabiol as a therapeutic option (Sexton, 2020), and the risk for hookah users (around 100 millions worldwide). A hookah (shisha or waterpipe) is a single or multi-stemmed instrument that has been used for smoking various flavored substances, such as cannabis, tobacco and opium, for centuries, and is popular in the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian peninsula, Kenya, South Africa, Turkey, United States and Canada (Shekhar and Hannah-Shmouni, 2020).