Word: marijuana
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...million recordings and currently have three albums on the U.S. bestseller charts. Though they deny that they consciously play up their rebel image, they bill themselves as "five reflections of to day's children," write songs about "trying to make some girl," with supposedly coded allusions to menstruation, marijuana and birth-control pills. For their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in January, they reluctantly altered the words of their recent hit, Let's Spend the Night Together...
Unfortunately, Mr. Jackson is not burdened with the knowledge we have obtained in caring for patients who are troubled by their use of marijuana; neither is he responsible for helping others avoid such difficulties. Our findings and opinions were not based on imagination, we do not feel impelled to render judgements to please the older generation, we do have a library, and we do read books and journals. We pay attention to clinical findings as well as to what we read. All our statements are documented in medical publications or based on clinical experience. We have no ghost writer from...
Those who wish to consult responsible sources of information on cannabis derivatives (hashish, charas, bhang, ganja, dagga, and marijuana) will find Hashish: Its Chemistry and Pharmacology, Walstenholme, G.E.W., ed., Boston, Little Brown & Co., 1965, of interest; also, The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, Goodman, L.S. and Gilman,A., 3rd Edit., New York, Macmillan Co., 1965, pages 299-301, Grollman, A., Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Philadelphia, Lea and Febiger, 1960, pages 230-232, and Drug Dependence: Its Significance and Characteristics, Eddy, N.B. and others, Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 37, 1965. Dr.Dana L.Farnsworth Director University Health Services
...Marijuana does not produce physical addiction, but it does produce significant dependence, to a serious degree. This is a fact well known to doctors working with college students. The social influences surrounding the use of marijuana also encourage experimentation with other drugs, notably L.S.D., and, of course, may lead into addiction to narcotics...
L.S.D. is a far more dangerous drug than marijuana, and in the opinion of many informed persons is a greater menace to users than even the addictive narcotics...