Mimosa pudica: a local modality of abuse substance

Authors

  • Alberto Cutié Bressler Hospital General Docente "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • Reinalda de la Caridad Rosales Rodriguez Policlínico Docente “30 de Noviembre”, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • Roney Nora Gámez Pérez Hospital General Docente "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

Keywords:

drug addiction, abuse substance, mimosa pudica, marihuana

Abstract

Drug addictions constitute one of the biggest tragedies in the current world, reason why their prevention is an emergent necessity. To such effects some elements related to the consumption of Mimosa pudica are detailed (moriviví) as a modality of abuse substance, or mixed with marihuana, as well as characteristics of the plant, properties, uses and clinical pattern that causes the intoxication, among other aspects of interest.   

 

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Published

2015-12-12

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Cutié Bressler A, Rosales Rodriguez R de la C, Gámez Pérez RN. Mimosa pudica: a local modality of abuse substance. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2015 Dec. 12 [cited 2025 Jun. 24];19(12). Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/536

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Vol. 19 No. 12 (2015): MEDISAN

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Short Communication

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