Heba Yassa

Bango Abuse in Upper Egypt: Cannabis Heba Yassa

Cannabis plant is one of the most common abused plant all over the world. In Egypt, all forms of cannabis abuse is present especially bango abuse. Bango consists of leaves and stems of the cannabis plant. It contains the same active substance of cannabis which is tetrahydrocannabinol but less in concentration, that make abused persons thought that it is harmless one. In this work we try to prove the adverse effects of cannabis leaves and stems which called bango in Egypt.