From: BONG HITTER <[75361 2736] at [CompuServe.COM]>
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,alt.drugs.pot,alt.hemp
Subject: PsychologyBookTells truth bout pot!
Date: 29 Jan 1995 22:04:40 GMT

MY PSYCHOLOGY BOOK TELLS THE TRUTH ABOUT MARIJUANA! 
"Psychology Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 90s," by 
Wayne Weiten and Margaret A. Lloyd. (Forth edition, 1994)
THE RISKS OF MARIJUANA: The handful of studies linking marijuana 
to brain damage have been shown to be methodologically unsound. 
Marijuana affects brain wave activity, but there is no clear 
evidence that these changes are permanent or pathological.   Does 
mariuana cause chromosome breaksage? Findings on this issue are 
inconsistent, but Choen concludes that marijuana does not appear 
to increase chromosomal breakage. High doses of THC have been 
shown to cause birth defects in animals. There is no evidence it 
does so in humans, but the results of the animal studies are 
cause for concern, and pregnant woman should avoid using 
marijuana.   Cannabis may suppress the body's natural immune 
response slightly. However, infections disease are no more common 
among marijuana smokers than among abstiners, so this effect 
apparently is too small to have any practical importance.  
Cannabis does appear to have endocrine and reproductive effects 
that merit further investigation. Marijuana appears to produce a 
small, reversible decline in sperm count among male smokers and 
may have temporary effects on hormone levels. The popular media 
have frequently implied thaat marijuana therefore makes men 
sterile and impotent. In reality, there is no evidencethat 
marimuana produces any lasting effects on male smokers' fertility 
or sexual functioning. It is also not physically addicting.

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