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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 17:03:31 -0500
From: "Mark Hemlick Ph. D." <CCS_MAH@ADMIN.FANDM.EDU>
Subject: Re: Re[2]: ann landers on pot
Sender: Drug Abuse Education Information and Research <DRUGABUS@UMAB.BITNET>
Message-id: <01H5XGQYIQ4I8ZFHLU@YMIR.Claremont.Edu>

> Ranjit Mayadas asks what I mean when I say that "no drug is safer than
> marijuana."  I mean that in terms of comparative safety, I cannot name
> any drug that is safer (less hazardous) than marijuana.  As used by
> most users, marijuana causes no detectable harm.  It has virtually
> no overdose potential. It is not significantly causally associated with
> any disease.  Generations of use has shown that it causes no social
> disruption unless you outlaw it.  Need I go on?


 _Living high : daily marijuana use among adults_ by Herbert Hendin ... [et
al.].  Describes an intensive study of the impact frequent use has on a
number of adults living in the NYC area.  The authors studied a relatively
small number of individuals who voluntarily responded to a newspaper ad
inviting frequent marijuana users to participate in the study.  The book
provides a good description of how frequent marijuana use can negatively
effect the lives of _individuals_, and/or exacerbate existing their
existing problems.