From: [c--o--n] at [dsmnet.com] (Carl E. Olsen)
Organization: Des Moines Internet

In article <324mu5$[kv 2] at [bronze.lcs.mit.edu]> [d--ks--e] at [bronze.lcs.mit.edu] (Arian
Wolverton) writes:

>From: [d--ks--e] at [bronze.lcs.mit.edu] (Arian Wolverton)
>Subject: Re: Marijuana, the Forbidden Medicine
>Date: 8 Aug 1994 03:30:13 -0400

>In article <[carlolsen 40 0014 CFB 0] at [dsmnet.com]> [c--o--n] at [dsmnet.com] (Carl E.
>Olsen) writes: The most recent and most comprehensive Rhesus monkey test was
>from 1984 to 1985 at the National Center for Toxicological Research near Pine
>Bluff, Arkansas.  The study found no permanent damage, and only minimal
>differences in the behavior of smoking and non-smoking monkeys (the smoking
>monkeys didn't want to work as hard as the non-smoking monkeys).

>I wasn't aware they had done a legit test not including carbon monoxide
>this time...I would imagine the results were published somewhere? Is there
>a report available on it? Thanks.

>                                        Arian

In 1991, the journal Fundamental and Applied Toxicology published a report on
the effects of marijuana on the monkeys' general health.  Dr. William Slikker,
acting director of NCTR's Division of Neurotoxicology, was the lead writer,
with Dr. Merle Paule, head of NCTR's Behavioral Toxicology Laboratory and
Primate Research Facility, as a collaborator.

In 1992, the journal Toxicology Letters published a report on the effects of
marijuana on the lungs of the monkeys who smoked.

In 1992, The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics published a
report dealing with marijuana's effect on behavior.  Dr. Merle Paule was the
lead writer.

Carl E. Olsen



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