As an undergraduate intern in psychiatric unit a patient requesting therapeutic marijuana asks you why his physician has recommended a close monitoring of blood cell components. Remembering you took notes on this in one of your neuroscience lectures, you respond that is because marijuana can affect not only cells in the brain but also brain blood circulation lymphocyte count in the blood erythrocyte count in the blood cells in the bone marrow

As an undergraduate intern in psychiatric unit a patient requesting therapeutic marijuana asks you why his physician has recommended a close monitoring of blood cell components. Remembering you took notes on this in one of your neuroscience lectures, you respond that is because marijuana can affect not only cells in the brain but also brain blood circulation lymphocyte count in the blood erythrocyte count in the blood cells in the bone marrow

Human Biology (MindTap Course List)

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305112100

Author:Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan

Publisher:Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan

Chapter8: Blood

Section: Chapter Questions

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