High prevalence of cannabis use among Aka foragers of the Congo Basin and its possible relationship to helminthiasis.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council 2016 Casey J. Roulette, Mirdad Kazanji, Sébastien Breurec et al. 34 citations
Little is known about cannabis use in hunter-gatherers. Therefore, we investigated cannabis use in the Aka, a population of foragers of the Congo Basin. Because cannabis contains anthelminthic compounds, and the Aka have a high prevalence of helminthiasis, we also tested the hypothesis that cannabis use might be an unconscious form of self-medication against helminths. We collected self- and...