Subject: Social Bibliography II
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** WEB ** Miscellany

"No Evidence for a Role of Alcohol or Other Psychoactive Drugs in
Accelerating Immunodeficiency in HIV--1--Positive Individuals" Kaslow,
Richard A., et al, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 261,
No. 23, June 16, 1989. pp. 3424-3429. As used in a large cohort of
homosexual men, psychoactive substances did not enhance the progression of
human immunodeficiency virus infection.

"Intact humoral and cell-mediated immunity in chronic marijuana smoking"
Rachelefsky, Gary S., Opelz, G., et al, Journal of Allergy and Clinical
Immunology, Vol.58, No.4: 1976. pp. 483-490. Short-term chronic
marijuana use does not have a substantial adverse effect on B or T cells of
young healthy adults.

"Phytohemagglutinin-Induced Lymphocyte Transformed in Humans Receiving THC"
Lau, R. Jane, Tubergen, David G., et al, Science, Vol. 192, May 21, 1976.
pp. 805-807. In healthy chronic marijuana smokers normal lymphocyte
responses to PHA were observed.

"Morphine-Dependent Rats: Blockade of Precipitated Abstinence by
Tetrahydrocannabinol" Hine, B., Friedman, E., et al, Science, Vol. 187,
Feb 1975. pp. 443-445. Treatment with THC reduced the intensity of
abstinence from morphine in rats. These data suggest that THC may be of
value in facilitating narcotic detoxification.

"Acute Pulmonary Physiologic Effects of Smoked Marijuana and Oral THC in
Healthy Young Men" Tashkin, Donald P., et al, New England Journal of
Medicine, Vol. 289, No. 7, Aug 16, 1973. pp.336-340. Specific Airways
Conductance improved among experienced young marijuana smokers after
smoking marijuana or ingestion of oral THC by as much as 50% for from 1-6
hours.

"Single Dose Effect of Marihuana Smoke" Vachon, Louis, et al, New England
Journal of Medicine, Vol. 288, No. 19, May 10, 1973. pp.985-989.
Marihuana smoke, unlike cigarette smoke, causes bronchodilation rather than
broncoconstriction and, unlike opiates does not cause central respiratory
depression.

"Cannabis 1988 Old Drug, New Dangers The Potency Question" Mikurya, Tod
& Aldrich, Michael R., Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Vol. 20(1), Jan-Mar
1988. pp. 47-55. The new Marijuana is not stronger than in years past.
The implications of this new disinformation campaign are serious. People
may not heed the warnings about more dangerous drugs when they realize
educators and others have been lying.

"Potency Report...Potency Monitoring Project" Report #46, NIDA, Elsohly,
Mahmoud A., & Ross, Samir A., April 1, 1993--June 30, 1993, 19 pages.
This report shows that the average potency of marijuana has not increased
in more than a decade. These findings destroy the DEA's argument that
marijuana is so much more potent today than in the 1960's that it is a
different drug.

"Marijuana as a 'Holy Sacrament': Is the Use of Peyote Constitutionally
Distinguishable From That of Marijuana in Bona Fide Religious Ceremonies?"
Mazur, Cynthia S., Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy,
Vol. V, No. 3, 1991. Should marijuana get the same religious exemption
granted peyote?

"Prenatal Marijuana Exposure and Neonatal Outcomes in Jamaica: An
Ethnographic Study" Dreher, Melanie C., Nugent, K., & Hudgins, R.,
Pediatrics Vol. 93, Feb 1993, pp.254-260. The children of
heavy-marijuana-using mothers had better scores on autonomic stability,
quality of alertness, irritability, and self-regulation and were judged to
be more rewarding for caregivers.

"Effects of Maternal Marijuana and Cocaine Use of Fetal Growth" Zuckerman,
B., et al, New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 320, No. 12, Mar 23,
1989, pp. 762-768. Poor inner city women who smoke marijuana during
pregnancy had babies with 79 gram lighter birthweights than a control group
that abstained. (They also smoked tobacco.)

"Effects of Maternal Marijuana..." (letter in response to the above
article.) Criticizes frequency of low birthweight babies and possibilities
that women may have engaged in heavy work. New England Journal of
Medicine Vol. 321m No. 14, 1989. p. 979.

"Effects of Marijuana Use During Pregnancy on Newborn Cry" Lester, Barry
M., & Dreher, Melanie, Child Development Vol. 60, 1989, pp. 765-771.
The cries of the infants of marijuana users were shorter, had a higher
percent of dysphonation, a higher and more variable fundamental frequency
than controls. (The birthweight of the marijuana babies averaged 110 grams
more than the non-smoking controls.)

"Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana: Varying Associations with
Birthweight" Kline, Jenny, et al, International Journal of Epidemiology
Vol. 16, No. 1, 1987, pp. 44-51. Marijuana use 2-4 times per month was
associated with a significant increase in birthweight; in Phase II daily
marijuana use was associated with a decrease in birthweight, but among
women not using cocaine, a decrement in birthweight of borderline
significance persists for women who smoke marijuana daily.

"Postnatal Consequences of Maternal Marijuana Use in Humans" Fried, Peter
A., Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 562, 1989,
pp.123-132. 12 and 24 month old offspring of mothers who used marijuana
during pregnancy were compared to mothers that did not. An assessment of
mental development, motor development and general behavior was undertaken.
Prenatal exposure to marijuana was not found to significantly contribute in
a unique fashion to either mental, motor or language outcome variables.

"36-and 48-Month Neurobehavioral Follow-up of Children Prenatally Exposed
to Marijuana, Cigarettes, Alcohol" Fried, Peter A., & Watkinson, B.,
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Vol. 11, No. 2, April 1990, pp.
49-58. Children of heavy marijuana using mothers scored lower on certain
tests at 48 months of age than either moderate users or controls.
Curiously 36 month old children of moderate marijuana using mothers did
better on these tests than either heavy users or controls.



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