Newsgroups: alt.drugs,talk.politics.drugs
From: [lamon t g] at [cs.washington.edu] (Lamont Granquist)
Subject: References List
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 93 06:42:29 GMT

A little something i'm working on:

Comments, suggestions?

COSTS OF THE WAR ON DRUGS

  Cost of the Criminal Justice system

    "Federal Courts are Casualties in the War on Drugs."  LA Times, Oct
    25, 1993.

      297% increase in drug cases in the past decade -- 8,294 additional
    drug trials.  Two senior justices from NY will no longer hear drug
    cases.  143% prison overcrowding.

ECONOMICS OF THE WAR ON DRUGS

  Price Inelastic Drug Demand

    Becker-GS, et al. "Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on
    Consumption."  American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings.
    May 1991.  81(2):237-241.

    Miron-JA, Zwiebel-J.  "Alcohol Consumption During Prohibition"  American
    Economic Association Papers and Proceedings.  May 1991.  81(2):242-247

PSYCHOLOGY OF DRUG USE

    Shedler-J, Block-J, "Adolescent drug use and psychological health.  A
    longitudinal inquiry."  American Psychology.  1990 May.  45(5):612-630.
     
      Finds that adolescents who engaged in some drug experimenation were
    better adjusted than both abstainers (who were emotionally constricted)
    and frequent users (who were maladjusted).  Also that psychological
    differences between the groups could be traced to the earliest years of
    childhood.  This indicates that problem drug use is a symptom and not
    a cause of personal and social maladjustment, and that current efforts
    at drug prevention are misguided in not focusing on the psychological
    syndrome underlying drug abuse.
   
    Hogan-R, Conway-J, et al. "Personality correlates of undergraduate
    marijuana use".  J. Consult. and Clinical Psychology. 1970. 35:58-63.

    Cunningham-WH, et al. "Sociopsychological Characteristics of
    Undergraduate Marijuana Users."  Journal of Genetic Psychology. 1974.
    125:3-12.

CANNABIS (POT, MARIJUANA, ET AL.)

  Carcinogenicity

    Hoffman, Rathkamp, Wynder, El. Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
    31(3):627-635. 1963.

      efficiency of water pipes at filtering 91% of tobacco smoke tar.

  Medical Overview

    National Academy of Sciences (U.S.).  Institute of Medicine.  Division of
    Health Sciences Policy.  _Marijuana_and_Health_.  Washington:  National
    Academy Press.  ISBN 0-309-03236-9.  LC 81-86534.

      Comprehensive review of all medical evidence on marijuana prior to 1982.
    addresses issues such as brain damage, immune damage, etc and finds no
    supporting evidence.

  Potency

    Mikuriya-T-H, Aldrich-M-R, "Cannabis 1988. Old drug, new dangers. The
    potency question." Journal of Psychoactive Drugs.  20(1):47-55.  1988

      addresses the potency question, such as that MJ has increased in
    potency 10 times since the sixties and that all research to date has
    been done on 1 or 2% THC pot.  finds no evidence to back up these
    assertions.

LSD (Acid, d-lysergic acid diethylamide)

  Mutagenicity (Chromosome Damage)

    Dishotsky-N-I, Loughman-W-D, Mogar-R-E, Lipscomb-W-R, "LSD and Genetic
    Damage - Is LSD chromosome damaging, carcinogenic, mutagenic or
    teratogenic?"  Science.  172(3982):431-440.  30 April 1972

      review of 68 studies published between 1967-1972 concluding that LSD
    is not chromosome damaging, carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic.

2C-B (4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenthylamine)

  Synthesis

    "Melanin and its precursors, Part VI" JCS 1953 pg 200.

      Incorrectly cited as a synthesis of 2C-B in pg 44-45 of "Recrational
    Drugs" by Professor Buzz and pg 77 in "Psychedelic Chemistry" (2nd ed)
    by Michael Valentine Smith.  Is actually a synthesis of 2-bromo-4,5-
    dimethoxyphenethylamine (6-Br-DMPEA) -- see PiHKAL #20 (or PiHKAL #124
    for the amphetamine ORTHO-DOB).

METHCATHINONE ('Cat')

  Synthesis

    
KHAT

  Economy + Sociology

    Randall-T.  "Khat Abuse Fuels Somali Conflict, Drains Economy" JAMA
    1993 Jan 6.  269(1):12,15.

      Claims that Khat in Somalia is primarily an import trade.

DEXTROMETHORPHAN

  Adverse Reactions

    Walker-J, Yatham-L-N. "Benylin (dextromethorphan) abuse and mania."
    BMJ.  1993 Apr 3.  306(6882):896

    Craig-D-F.  "Psychosis with Vicks Formula 44-D abuse"  Can-Med-Assoc-J
    1992 Apr 1.  146(7):1199-1200.

    Schadel-M, Sellers-E-M. "Psychosis with Vicks Formula 44-D abuse"  
    Can-Med-Assoc-J.  1992 Sep 15.  147(6):843-4.

  Medical Overview
    
    Bem-J-L, Peck-R.  "Dextromethorphan.  An overview of safety issues."
    Drug-Saf.  1992 May-Jun.  7(3):190-199
      48 references.

  Neuropharmacology

    
NATURAL SOURCES OF SUBSTANCES

  Tryptamines

    Arthur, H.R., Loo, S.N. & Lamberton, J.A., 1967. "Nb-methylated tryptamines
    and other constituents of Acacia confusia Merr. of Hong Kong."  Aust. J.
    Chem. 20, 811.

    Fitzgerald, J.S. & Sioumis, A.A., 1965. "Alkaloids of Australian
    Leguminosae V."  Aust. J. Chem. 18, 433.

    Rovelli, B. & Vaughan, G.N., 1967. "Alkaloids of Acacia I."  Aust. J. Chem.
    20, 1299.

    Smith, T.A., 1977. "Review: Tryptamine and Related Compounds in Plants."
    Phytochemistry v16, 171-175.