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