Marijuana odor perception: Studies modeled from probable cause cases.

Marijuana odor perception: studies modeled from probable cause cases.

The 4th Amendment of the United States Constitution protects American citizens against unreasonable search and seizure without probable cause. Although law enforcement officials routinely rely solely on the sense of smell to justify probable cause when entering vehicles and dwellings to search for illicit drugs, the accuracy of their perception in this regard has rarely been questioned and, to ...

The relation between modeled odor exposure from livestock farming and odor annoyance among neighboring residents.

PURPOSE Odor annoyance is an important environmental stressor for neighboring residents of livestock farms and may affect their quality of life and health. However, little is known about the relation between odor exposure due to livestock farming and odor annoyance. Even more, the relation between odor exposure and odor annoyance is rather complicated due to variable responses among individuals...

MNA and odor perception.

Marijuana: Does it cause cancer?

Despite the fact that humans have been growing marijuana for thousands of years, and using it recreationally in the United States since the early 20th century, its effects have not been as thoroughly studied as those of tobacco and cigarette smoking. Most studies exploring the relationship between marijuana smoking and cancer are retrospective case-control studies (a type of observational study...

Odor perception is dynamic: consequences for interpretation of odor maps.

The concept of odor maps in the olfactory system can imply a precise one-to-one mapping between the physicochemical stimulus, the central sensory representation of that stimulus, and the olfactory perception. However, in humans and animals, experience plays a major role in qualitative perception of odors. This suggests that either odor maps and coding in the olfactory bulb (OB) are highly dynam...