Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1993 13:45:37 -0500 From: "Jonathan B. Kamien" Subject: Re: Marijuana Sender: Drug Abuse Education Information and Research Message-id: <01H6L0WB08RM934W66@YMIR.Claremont.Edu> On Wed, 15 Dec 1993, Ruth Hudson wrote: > I am writing a brochure about marijuana. I am looking for the > lastest research on marijuana. Can anyone help me on references > concerning side effects, long-term effects (especially reproduction), > and current medical uses? Most of the material available seems to be > from 1986 and want something a little more current. Thanks. > > Ruth A. Hudson Ph (817) 273-2772 > Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator Fx (817) 273-2744 > The University of Texas at Arlington > Student Health Services Email: Ruth@Health.UTA.EDU > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruth, you might try the following references: Scallet, A.C. Neurotoxicology of cannabis and THC - a review of chronic exposure studies in animals Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 1991 40 671 676 Schwartz, R.H. Heavy marijuana use and recent memory impairment Psychiatric Annals 1991 80 82 Iversen, L.L. Medical uses of marijuana Nature 1993 365 12 13 Thomas, H. Psychiatric symptoms in cannabis users Br. J. Psychiat. 1993 163 141 149 Kelly, P. and Jones, R.T. Metabolism of tetrahydrocannabinol in frequent and infrequent marijuana users J. Anal. Toxicol. 1992 16 228 235 Block, R.I. and Ghoneim, M.M. Effects of chronic marijuana use on human cognition Psychopharmacology 1993 110 219 228 Block, R.I., Farinpour, R. and Braverman, K. Acute effects of marijuana on cognition - relationships to chronic effects and smoking techniques Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 1992 43 907 917 Block, R.I., Farnham, S., Braverman, K. Noyes, R. and Ghoneim, M.M. Long-term marijuana use and subsequent effects on learning and cognitive functions related to school achievement: preliminary study In: Residual Effects of Drugs on Behavior, Spencer, J.W. and Boren, J.J., eds. NIDA Research Monograph 101 1990 101 96 111 The last three by Block and colleagues may be the best *chronic* studies available. Also, given that you are neighbors, you might want to get in touch with the folks at UNTHSC (used to be TCOM) Department of Pharmacology in Fort Worth. They have a significant presence in Substance Abuse Research and are heading up the Substance Abuse Insitute of North Texas (SAINT). Hope this helps, Jonathan