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- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 17:03:31 -0500
- From: "Mark Hemlick Ph. D." <CCS_MAH@ADMIN.FANDM.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Re[2]: ann landers on pot
- Sender: Drug Abuse Education Information and Research <DRUGABUS@UMAB.BITNET>
- Message-id: <01H5XGQYIQ4I8ZFHLU@YMIR.Claremont.Edu>
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- > Ranjit Mayadas asks what I mean when I say that "no drug is safer than
- > marijuana." I mean that in terms of comparative safety, I cannot name
- > any drug that is safer (less hazardous) than marijuana. As used by
- > most users, marijuana causes no detectable harm. It has virtually
- > no overdose potential. It is not significantly causally associated with
- > any disease. Generations of use has shown that it causes no social
- > disruption unless you outlaw it. Need I go on?
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- _Living high : daily marijuana use among adults_ by Herbert Hendin ... [et
- al.]. Describes an intensive study of the impact frequent use has on a
- number of adults living in the NYC area. The authors studied a relatively
- small number of individuals who voluntarily responded to a newspaper ad
- inviting frequent marijuana users to participate in the study. The book
- provides a good description of how frequent marijuana use can negatively
- effect the lives of _individuals_, and/or exacerbate existing their
- existing problems.
-