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...least, that marihuana does not directly cause criminal behavior, juvenile delinquency, sexual excitement, or addition. Therefore, while attempts to limit its use are appropriate, the hazards of its use should not be exaggerated." Interestingly enough, however, the most recent investigations (Hashish: Its Chemistry and Pharmacology--report of the Ciba Foundation study group) suggest that long-term use of Cannabis can cause psychological and physiological deterioration. This is the first piece of respectable evidence in support of any of the Narcotics Bureau's assertions...
...this assures a ready market for he new drug just announced by Switzerland's Ciba Ltd. Called Ambilhar, it is he first drug capable of curing schistosomiasis without making the patient sicker than he was to begin with...
...copper sulphate to kill the carrier snails has been ineffective. Some of the drugs now being used to treat the disease require painful injections. In 90% of cases, Ciba's Ambilhar pills cure the American and African forms within a week; tests on the Asian form are under way. Yet, as Ciba admits, even this potent drug cannot wipe out the disease because a cured patient who goes back into the rice fields may be reinfected within minutes...
...Glad to Be Alive." Dr. Alphonse Flora, associated with Ciba Pharmaceutical Co., suggested to Dr. Robie that there might be a way of making the 5-HTP act faster and more effectively by giving yet a third drug. In his East Orange, N.J., practice Dr. Robie tried the three-way method on severely depressed patients, some of whom he had been treating for months or years, keeping them only just short of suicide. The first two or three patients brightened up so much before they got out of his office, that for the first time in years they were glad...
...Thorne knew this was a deceptive reaction, likely to be followed by a worse crisis leading to convulsions, shock and possibly death. He decided to try the experimental drug he had read about, desferrioxamine-B (trade-named Desferal by Ciba Pharmaceutical Co.). The trouble was, only a few medical centers had been approved to use the stuff; Dr. Thorne phoned Ciba to learn where he could find a supply. The nearest proved to be at Duke Hospital in Durham, N.C., and it took a special flight by a Navy plane to get the Desferal to Charleston in time. With...