Inhaled synthetic cannabinoids laced with long-acting anticoagulant rodenticides: A clear and present worldwide danger

Douglas L Feinstein^{1

2}, John Hafner³, Richard van Breemen⁴, Israel Rubinstein^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Research and Medical Services, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
² Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois.
⁴ Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Douglas L Feinstein et al. Toxicol Commun. 2022.

. 2022;6(1):28-29.

doi: 10.1080/24734306.2022.2025690. Epub 2022 Jan 18.

Douglas L Feinstein^{1

2}, John Hafner³, Richard van Breemen⁴, Israel Rubinstein^{1

5}

¹ Research and Medical Services, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
² Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois.
⁴ Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

No abstract available

Keywords: Florida; Israel; brodifacoum; coagulopathy; hemorrhage; synthetic cannabinoids; vitamin K.

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