The "F*CK YOU" Finale of "Weed Wars"...

[RainDog]

28. Because the govt doesn't want to study those who are regular users

that are in this program. It wasn't just Irv who showed no problems. All of the people Russo examined who were still in the program (for at least 4 different illnesses) showed no harm.

In one case, the person with glaucoma had improved while using mmj. Untreated, such people will go blind.

The problem, as I noted, is that the federal govt does not want to know that marijuana is no more dangerous than coffee. They don't.

However, there are mmj in CA who have used cannabis for more than a decade. I would welcome research into the effects on those patients.

There would be more people in the federal program but the U.S. stopped it during the Bush Sr. years.

You may also refer the study I noted with 167 users over more than a year who showed no tolerance and there are also studies on long-term users that show no long-term harm in other cases.

You can also read up on Portugal's experience with drug decriminalization over a ten-year period.

Here are some more studies on long-term effects that find no permanent harmful effects - even from long-term usage.

Biegon A, Kerman IA. Autoradiographic study of pre- and postnatal distribution of cannabinoid receptors in human brain. Neuroimage 2001;14(6):1463-8.

Fried P, Watkinson B, James D, Gray R. Current and former marijuana use: preliminary findings of a longitudinal study of effects on IQ in young adults. CMAJ 2002;166(7):887-91.

Gunderson EW, Vosburg SK, Hart CL. Does marijuana use cause long-term cognitive deficits? JAMA 2002;287(20):2652.

House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology. Cannabis. The scientific and medical evidence. London: The Stationery Office, 1998.
House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology. Therapeutic Uses of Cannabis. 2nd Report, Session 2000-2001, London 2001.

Inserm. Cannabis - quels effects sur le comportement et la santé ? Paris: Les éditions Inserm, 2001.

Jacobson SW, Chiodo LM, Sokol RJ, Jacobson JL. Validity of maternal report of prenatal alcohol, cocaine, and smoking in relation to neurobehavioral outcome. Pediatrics 2002;109(5):815-25.

Joy JE, Watson SJ, Benson JA, eds. Marijuana and medicine: Assessing the science base. Institute of Medicine. Washington DC: National Academy Press, 1999.

Lyketsos CG, Garrett E, Liang KY, Anthony JC. Cannabis use and cognitive decline in persons under 65 years of age. Am J Epidemiol 1999;149(9) 94-800.

Miller P, Plant M. Heavy cannabis use among UK teenagers: an exploration. Drug Alcohol Depend 2002;65(3):235-42.

Morris MC, Evans DA, Hebert LE, Bienias JL. Methodological issues in the study of cognitive decline. Am J Epidemiol 1999;149(9) 89-93.

Nyquist JR. Does marijuana use cause long-term cognitive deficits? JAMA 2002;287(20):2652.

Pope HG Jr, Gruber AJ, Hudson JI, Huestis MA, Yurgelun-Todd D. Neuropsychological performance in long-term cannabis users. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2001;58(10) 09-15.

Pope HG Jr. Cannabis, cognition, and residual confounding. JAMA 2002;287(9):1172-4.

Richardson GA, Ryan C, Willford J, Day NL, Goldschmidt L. Prenatal alcohol and marijuana exposure. Effects on neuropsychological outcomes at 10 years. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2002;24(3):309-20.

Russo E, Mathre ML, Byrne A, Velin R, Bach PJ, Sanchez-Ramos J, Kirlin KA. Chronic Cannabis Use in the Compassionate Investigational New Drug Program: An Examination of Benefits and Adverse Effects of Legal Clinical Cannabis. J Cannabis Ther 2002;2(1):3-58.

Solowij N, Stephens R, Roffman RA, Babor T. Does marijuana use cause long-term cognitive deficits? JAMA 2002;287(20):2653-4.

Watson M. Does marijuana use cause long-term cognitive deficits? JAMA 2002;287(20):2652.