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Can It Hurt You?

Harold Kolansky, MD; William T. Moore, MD

JAMA. 1975;232(9):923-924.

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"MARIHUANA! Can it hurt you?" was a question asked with some urgency by a boy in a group of ninth-grade students visiting the US Capitol Building. The youngsters, curious about a group of men walking by, were told that they were scientists who just completed a day of testimony on the toxicity of marihuana to a subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary in the US Senate.

This boy's compelling question highlights an important issue in medicine today. We possess accumulated scientific knowledge of marihuana's toxic effects on humans, yet we are without adequate and effective means to deliverthis information to the public. The consequence is that the known toxic effects from marihuana use are not adequately prevented.

Wynder and Peacock¹ said recently that modern medicine has been highly successful in the prevention of devastating infectious diseases, through the coordinated efforts of researchers and clinicians. They indicate that in certain . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Philadelphia

From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.

Footnotes
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