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Effect of Cannabis Abuse and Ezymatic Alterations to Endorse Liver Dysfunctions

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  • Irfan Ahmad Wani

    (Research Scholar Department of Psychology, Barkatullah University Bhopal, India)

  • Muzafer Ahmad Khan

    (Director Drug De-addiction and Rehabilitation Centre Police Control Room Srinagar Kashmir, India)

  • Bhupinder Singh

    (Professor Department of Psychology, Barkatullah University Bhopal, India)

Abstract

The present study is carried out to investigate the effect of cannabis abuse on liver functions by applying the liver function test to figure out the occurrence of enzymatic changes of the Cannabis Abusers and control group of Kashmir valley. The sample consisted of 250 (Liver function test) of male respondents; of these 125 were belong to cannabis abusers and 125 belong to control group were taken into consideration. The results of study showed that the two groups significantly differed on all the levels of liver function test (LFT). Cannabis abusers showed higher level of Total Bilirubin, Bilirubin direct, Bilirubin indirect, Aspartate amino transferase, Alinine amino transferase, Alkaline phosphate and Gamma glumutal transfersae and have showed lower levels of the protein total, Albumin, Gloublin and A:G ratio in comparison with control group.

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  • Irfan Ahmad Wani & Muzafer Ahmad Khan & Bhupinder Singh, 2017. "Effect of Cannabis Abuse and Ezymatic Alterations to Endorse Liver Dysfunctions," Global Journal of Addiction & Rehabilitation Medicine, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 3(1), pages 21-27, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jgjarm:v:3:y:2017:i:1:p:21-27
    DOI: 10.19080/GJARM.2017.03.555605
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