http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/a8644399a1466ab4f44f3a42f7e9b246.pdf a45a582bb7d6d9306b13b1d33c1dc5eb PDF Text Text November ll, 1968 Br. Stanley Yolles Director National Institutes of Mental health 5454 Wisconsin Chevy Chase, Maryland hour Stan, Separately, I have written regarding the difficulty have had in obtaining supplies of marijuana through legal channels for research purposes. The climate which encourages this complex bureaucratic limitation of studies in this important public health prohlom encourages no to write regarding an important associated problem. we During the past two days Dr. Paul Kielholz has lectured New York Medical College on the subjects of narcotic the at addiction and the treatment of depression. In the course of our conversations. he shared with us recent roconnnnoations of the special committee of the World health Organization, of which he is a member. - u . . .. m k‘g?’xlllf‘;'"ld"v‘9 The Conmittoe's formulation, as distributed by him, is attached. indicates that cannabis has application and that it is to be classed among a copy of which no medical the habituating compounds. inquired the evidence upon which these two decisions Dr. Kielholz referred me to the well known literature based. were of the past centuries. He made it clear that the Committee had acted without additional significant evidence - surely, none that he could refer no to in the scientific literature. When I .. - swamp-3m. or v : "ax-«w.» 9"!"er Considering the difficulties which already enshroud research in marijuana and the cannabinols. such a pronouncement, especially if accepted by the United States representatives. would ensure a most difficult future for research. �.r, ‘wu-z-v , ~— » ,— W "v. .m. ”4-”. .—«-- Iii-1h?" m-~:-'-.~,--:~.-wwhWWW-xwy“my...“ NP. .-1 ..»:W ..~.r.-.vv.wu:-v..-s.—m-vv..”wadvm-wr » «m» ~nS'rnY.v- -,>fi-v'_v'y_l'-vr.\x~ .~-.; 1 -. ,- w. 4aW'1 - '1-w‘_~'fl 4r. a. wry.“ Dr. Yolles November —2- ll, 1968 ‘W-WW'rwl-Ivflvv var rr‘wrmv - wurmwrmwmr-rrr F" mum]. raw" I am taking the liberty of bringing this to your attention, in the hope that you can refer this information to the appropriate committees of your organization, and perhaps the leading psychiatric associations of our nation, so that this profilem can be avoided. I am sufficiently discouraged, to send copies of this letter to the appropriate agencies myself, realizing. however, that such a communication without the political support of offices such as yours. will have little impact. Thank you for any actions which may assist in relieving this potentially serious interference with research in an important public health problem. My best personal regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry MF:kp .« w w—r- -, mum-u - , no mus.»— � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Yolles, Stanley Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-022-6-620 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1968 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence