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From: davidle@microsoft.UUCP (David LEVINE)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
Subject: Marijuana Health Hazards
Summary: What is the latest "straight dope" on pot?
Message-ID: <10296@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jan 90 20:59:32 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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Does anybody know what studies have been done in the last five years or
so on the health risks of chronic marijuana smoking?

Back in the seventies, much of the literature was pretty bogus.  The
most popular accusation was "smoking pot causes cerebral atrophy".  This
was "proven" by the Cambell study published in the British medical
journal "The Lancet".  It had twenty study subjects with no control group.
They were all mental patients with a history of poly-drug use.  Several
had significant head injuries.

I'm wondering if there is some more recent (and hopefully more accurate)
information.  I don't want to justify current laws, just to be a bit
better informed of the dangers from a practice that is very widespread.
Anybody?

David Levine
 
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