ABSTRACT

Ungerleider et al.36 identified bacterial contaminants in marijuana cigarettes supplied by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), including pathogenic Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter cloacae, group D Streptococcus, and some Bacillus species. From illicit marijuana, Taylor et al.35 isolated Salmonella muenchen, and Kurup et al. 16 isolated Thermoactinomyces candidus, Thermoactinomyces vulgaris, and MicropolysporaJaeni.