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A . \, o July 5, i969 Dear John, The holiday has given me a chance #0 cafoh up on my reading, have Jusf rewraad your “A Perspecfive on Heroin". if is a fine of tho hlsfory loading +0 our presenf ariicie, and gives a clear imoga inadequafa iogai sifuaiion. l was rominddd of an interview i had in May ulfh fhe commiffea of fhe New York Academy of Medicine, ra~ assessing for the n'fh +ime the need for changes in the medical ireaimenf of addicfion. i fold ihom of our oxperionces with mofhadone and cyciozoclno, and when i oxprossod some onihuslasm for Those and i pharmacoiogicai froafmonis was askod if of fha commiffee membors +heir roporf wilh some anxieiy. The mean age i i was thought fhey worn surely 75 years. oihlcai. i awal+ reporf and if is mosf siraighf—forword. be disrooordod by ovoryono in +he legal profession, will romain an importanf raforenoo. Bro+man and Freedman also read your if will probably AMA bu? for us if boih expressed approval also. should hovo moved +o your Deparimenifl and you have in The siole oroorams. Sidnoy has found a new home and moved in lasl nook (iii Ferry Sireof. Barringfoo, P.i.i” and is inking his family To Soufh Africa for a vial? This monfh. My son, Jonathan, has nroduafad high school and will aifond Colby College in Mafino this faii. Marfha has enjoyed her Teaching in Gran? Neck vary much (quife a difforonoa from fhe For? Washington school) and iooks forward +0 confinuing. For fhe summer she is iaking ihe girls on +hoir firaf European irio, on a i By now, you frusf That you new wiil conflnuo to be as producllvo #horo as minl~grand Tour. . Our own work is progressing slowly. The noihodono program confinuos +0 be successful; cyciazocino also, although more care mus? be oxercisod in frooflng the pafienfs. We have iookod a? the problem of defoxifying Those pafienfs on mefhadono for more ihan 2 years, and who may be making a good adjusfmeni. We fried To do this wiih The agroemenf of iha subjecls and fho staff, and failed. We are now lransforrlng pa+i9n+s from mo+hadone +0 cyclazooine (blind) and have begun #0 decrease fhe cyclazocine douage. So far, no wlfhdrawai and no difficulties wifh anyone. Naioxono confinuos to be a difficult problem. ifs duraflon of action of 2.4 Gms/day is abouf 24 hours, buf fho company provides ��l\\\ ‘ iOO mg labiols only~~ and have you over friad lo gal addicts To fake 24530 +ablofs a? once ? daily ? voluntarily ? i To gel around lhis problem we are frying #0 develop a long acflng form of naioxbne, using the principlo of embedding in a siiasfic vohiclo. We have asked NIMH (Sidney Cohen) for a coniracl lo proceed in fhis developmanf, bu? he seems less onihusiasfic Than we would liko. Our principal effort for the presonf is in marijuana research. Al Freedman has appoinfod Marfin Koelor fo our sfaff, and he begins in mideuiy. On a recent visif fo Greece. l visifod The inborafories of Konsianfln Miras~~ found +hom ever so much heifer fine chomisfry faciliiios, oxcoilon? nourophysioiogicai equipmonf (under +ho diroofion of Dr. Sioianis, an NiH Trainee) and his own garden for growing cannabis. Or. eras is an oxpari in lhe plan? grou+h, consliiuenfs. etc., and any projaci fhof works wiin his holp, musl be boiler fhnn The Trash being published Than i anliolpafod, wi+h foday. (Have you noon rho recon? article on driving comparing 2 clgafolfos of NiMH marijuana wifh 0.! mg% blood label alcohol 7) Our desire is in formulate a niudy program in A+hens and Al and i have proposed this lo NIMH (again, Sid Cohen) as a contract. Of course, we are now anxious +0 undoriako some oxfonsivo, long term siudies here To assess iho nourophynioiogic, behavioral and psychologic offocfs of chronic marijuana use. in oddifion fo fho narcoiic EEG and even in schizophrenia in EST, have.oon?inund sfndios programs, and anxlofy. Any chance of a vial? lho nox? limo you are in New York ? if has l Ono lost marijuana hold in Koch been a busy year, for l offended a special open session on York in June under The dirooiion of Foorosonfaiivo Brill, Forf, Cohen hold The MB nine and rhreo commonl. New (U.S. Congress). iowyorn fho ionnl nido. My first exposure To such sessoons. Lois of name calling, arnumonln ad hominom, and mos? impressive, ihe ronoofod plea for more sludlos. Evon fho young poopio asked for more dofa, and only Honry Brill was ouro ina+ +ho drug was harmful. regardless of The daio. if was a wild session, and Roproseniaflvo Koch expocfo +0 propose a bill To 99+ up a sfudy cemmisnion on cannabis (like a Prnoidonils Commission). Knop up the good work, and many thanks for lho fine arfioioa. have no? obfained permission for our sfudy of mofhodono in psychosis, buf i? is loss imporfani now lhof i have other infarosis, although if should bo done. We sflii My best regards lo Deena. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. � 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. 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