Given that nearly 100 million people in the U.S. alone have tried marijuana at least once, if it truly was causing problems there would be a hefty body count to attest to the "devastating effects" it is said to cause. Efforts to stop people from using marijuana recreationally may be denying others access to a truly useful natural medicine, and even seriously limiting the potential discovery of new drugs derived from the marijuana plant. Also, have a look at this site documenting the medical uses for cannabis before it was declared illegal in 1937. |
If the risks are so great, then where are the bodies? | |||
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Year | Headline | Publication | Issue Date |
1936 | Uncle Sam fights a new drug menace: marijuana | Popular Science | May |
1937 | Marijuana, assassin of youth | American Mercury | Jul |
1938 | Marihuana more dangerous than heroin or cocaine | Scientific American | May |
1938 | Youth gone loco; villain is Marijuana | Christian Century | Jun 29 |
1942 | Marihuana found useful in certain mental ills | Science News Letter | May 30 |
1946 | Marijuana and mentality | Newsweek | Nov 18 |
1967 | Marijuana causes psychiatric dependence says physician | Today's Health | Sep |
1970 | Pot facing stringent scientific examination | Science News | Jan 24 |
1970 | Pot samplers may be dabbling with psychosis | Today's Health | Aug |
1971 | We know too little about marijuana; questions and answers | Science Digest | Feb |
1971 | Pot report: still inconclusive | Time | Feb 15 |
1971 | Marijuana harmful? the dispute goes on | US News | May 31 |
1971 | Cerebral atrophy in marijuana smokers | Science News | Dec 18 |
1972 | Marijuana and health, latest government findings | US News | Feb 21 |
1972 | Pot smoking: less harm than feared? | Science Digest | Jun |
1972 | Pot may become a wonder drug | Science Digest | Nov |
1973 | Marijuana vs. the work ethic: the amotivational syndrome | Science Digest | Nov |
1974 | Perils of pot start showing up | US News | Jun 10 |
1974 | Marijuana, does it damage the brain? | Science | Aug 30 |
1974 | Pot as medicine: possible THC-related drugs to prevent transplant rejection and to combat cancer | Newsweek | Sep 2 |
1974 | Marijuana: more dangerous than you know | Reader's Digest | Dec |
1975 | Special: the alarming new evidence about marijuana's effects | Good Housekeeping | Feb |
1975 | Marijuana: possible use as medicine | Science News | Oct 25 |
1975 | Marihuana: new support for immune and reproductive hazards | Science | Nov 28 |
1976 | Marijuana for better breathing | Science News | Jul 24 |
1977 | All the evidence on pot isn't in! | Seventeen | Apr |
1978 | Marijuana as medicine | Psychology Today | Apr |
1979 | Marijuana: hints of medicinal value | FDA Consumer | Mar |
1979 | Marijuana can be advantageous in varied therapeutic roles | Science Digest | Jun |
1980 | A new study says that cannabis leads to dependence | World Health | Apr |
1980 | Marijuana: now the fears are facts | Good Housekeeping | May |
1980 | Marijuana: the myth of harmlessness goes up in smoke | Sat Eve Post | Jul/Aug |
1981 | Marijuana as medicine | McCall's | Mar |
1981 | Marijuana is far from harmless | Education Digest | Nov |
1981 | Pot goes pharmaceutical | Maclean's | Nov 23 |
1981 | Marijuana alert III: the devastation of personality | Reader's Digest | Dec |
1982 | Marijuana "justifies serious concern" | Science | Mar 19 |
1982 | Is it time to worry about marijuana? | Mademoiselle | Nov |
1985 | Marijuana report: the latest dope on its dangers | Mademoiselle | Jun |
1985 | Here comes prescription pot | Business Week | Jun 24 |
1986 | Reagan aide: pot can make you gay | Newsweek | Oct 27 |
1987 | Marijuana update: new reasons to "keep off the grass" | Current Health 2 | Mar |
1987 | Marijuana use may cause mental problems: study | Jet | Sep 28 |
1988 | Take two puffs and call me in the morning | Science News | Feb 20 |
1988 | Lungs hit harder by pot than by cigarettes | Science News | Feb 20 |
1988 | Marijuana: is there new reason to worry? | American Health | Mar |
1988 | The perils of pot | Discover | Jun |
1989 | Marijuana and learning: grass gets an F | Current Health | Jan |
1997 | Reefer madness: why the Clinton administration is terrified by medical marijuana | Reason | Mar |
1997 | Marijuana: useful medicine or dangerous drug? | Consumers' Research | May |
1997 | Marijuana: harder than thought? | Science | Jun 27 |
1998 | The battle for medical marijuana in the war on drugs | America | Apr 11 |
2001 | 'They become raving maniacs' [views of E. Murphy about marijuana use] | Maclean's | Aug 6 |
2001 | Ashcroft's other war [med pot in California] | Rolling Stone | Dec 27 |
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