Urine samples from 393 forensic autopsies were tested for the presence of cannabinoids by means of the radio-immunoassay test kit from DPC, Los Angeles. Fifteen per cent were found positive, mainly men and young adults. Use of cannabis was found to be closely related to drug addiction, and thus in cannabis-positive drug addicts, non-natural manners and causes of death dominate. In non-addicts the prevalence of cannabis use was 7.5%, and in non-addicted cannabis users, manners and causes of death were not very different from those found in cannabis-negatives.
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