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In article <5dsvm0$6lo@nntpb.cb.lucent.com> swc@cbgbcs.cb.lucent.com (Scott Collins) writes:
>
>In article <bbishop.47.3300E3D5@pop.service.ohio-state.edu>,
>Bert Bishop <bbishop@pop.service.ohio-state.edu> wrote:

>>What are _your_ sources for this?  Generally marijauna is not thought to be 
>>addictive.  And last week the New England Journal of Medicine published an 
>>editorial in which it said "Marijuana is not a dangerous drug."  Are there 
>>dangers in marijuana use? Yes.  But increased crime is not a known one; or if 
>>it is this interesting fact hasn't been publicized very widely.

>I couldn't find the text of this on the Web anywhere (not that it ain't
>there or in the Journal), but what I *did* find (among many web hits)
>was the following at:

>http://www.calyx.net/~schaffer/debate/myths/myths2.html

>(note the source reference at the end, along with a myth-response section)


much deleted, most of which is not relevent to the discussion at hand.

>   [INLINE] If they say...

>   Marijuana is not addictive.
>   
>   [INLINE] Then you say...
>   
>   THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, encourages both physical and
>   psychological dependence and is highly abusable. [Information Sheet
>   for MARINOL (synthetic THC), Roxane Laboratories, Revised 1989].
>   
>   77,000 persons each year are admitted to treatment programs for
>   marijuana use. [Dr. Charles R, Schuster, Alaskans for Drug-Free Youth
>   Newsletter, Winter 1993/94].
>   
>   [INLINE] If they say...
>   
>   Marijuana is not harmful.
>   
>   [INLINE] Then you say...
>   
>   Marijuana in the 1960's had a THC content of less than 1%. Today, the
>   THC content is as high as 29.86%. [1992 Domestic Cannabis
>   Eradication/Suppression Program, Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S.
>   Dept. of Justice, December 1992 and "Quarterly Report #10 Potency
>   Monitoring Project," Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
>   University of Mississippi, 1984].
>   
>   THC causes mood changes, loss of memory, psychosis, impairment of
>   coordination and perception, and complicates pregnancy. [Information
>   Sheet for MARINOL (synthetic THC), Roxane Laboratories, Revised 1989].
>   
>   Marijuana causes increased risk of schizophrenia, disturbs brain wave
>   patterns and erodes brain cells, impairs the immune system, and
>   complicates pregnancy. [Government's Supplemental Sentencing
>   Memorandum Re: Health Effects of Marijuana, U.S. v. Greyshock, U.S.
>   District Court for the District of Hawaii, 1988].
>   
>   Annually, almost 8,000 persons require emergency hospital care for
>   marijuana use. [Dr. Charles R. Schuster, citation above].
>

Anything that one finds pleasant can be psycologically addictive.  When one 
uses the word addictive one is usually referring to physically addicting.  We 
have above fourth hand, a reference that is itself second hand that synthetic 
THC can be physically addicting in a place where a company is making 
disclaimers that will protect it from lawsuits.  I would still like to hear of 
the study (or other evidence) .  Was it done on people?  Was it double blind 
(oops - other subthread)?  etc.

Bert