Recreational use and overdose of ingested processed cannabis (Majoon Birjandi) in the eastern Iran.

In the eastern Iran including Birjand and Greater Khorasan areas, a special traditional solid pie, locally called Majoon Birjandi (MB), is frequently abused by youngsters to induce a feel of high, special, euphoria, and energy. Cannabioid ingredients of this illicit solid lozenge are confirmed by clinical findings as well as positive urinary delta-q-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) test. Because of its solid nature, it is easily smuggled and stored for a long time. Due to its localized usage in the eastern Iran, diagnosis of MB abuse is not known to toxicologists even from other parts of this country. We would like to bring to the attention of the readers the effects and cannabioid composition of this concoction and present the potential recreational ingestion root of processed cannabis for the first time.