http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/795236926e71796e1f721aa0c9aa0ae3.pdf b762b877faa58a7283e1b2c489db1329 PDF Text Text February 17, 1976 Doris H. Milena. M.D. Professor Department of Pediatrics Dovnetate Medical Center BURY Deer Dr. 1411mm: All subjects with e chronic history of cannabis use were included in the sample. Both subjects and controls received the some inquiry and none of the users rare excluded for neurological dysfunction. Exclusions were: over age 58 (h); concurrent heroin uee (3). alcohol use (3); and amphetamine use (1). . a : - w "Saw—sz'rl‘warvmnwum‘m‘ v In our neurological reviews, we bed h subjects in the user group in the control group with abnormal EEG. or both groups, heed injury within 3 years was present in 2 users and 1 control, and in the users, these two were the only subdecte with an asymmetric EEG record. and 6 The study was undertaken on the invitation of Professor Mirna who referred 28 cases to us. He cooperated in the study supplying the heehish used in the acute studies. and EEG We failed to confirm his preliminary observations, he is satisfied that the original reports were based on poor recordings and clinical global aeoesemente of organioity without controls. I believe The principal differences between users and controls are found in tolerance to heehieh, some medical findings of a non—specific nature, and in social factors (After all, users persisted in criminal behavior - buying, selling, and smoking e prohibited substance ~ despite frequent Jeiling). point of view, the most important findings were the brain disease. aggressivity, or social with— drawal and the positive evidence of tolerance. It turns out that cannabis substances obey the basic love of pharmacology (re found no "reverse toler~ nude" for example); that it is a remarkably safe relaxant and euphorient. and in contrast to alcohol. does not elicit aggressivity. Indeed if one had to select e CNS active drug to use, cannabis is remarkably safer than alco— hol, opiates and probably equivalent (can one ever any it?) to tobacco. From my own negative ones — - no evidence of The full study will he published this Fall by Raven Press as Long Term Heehish Use, edited by Stefania, Dornbush and Pink. You may also wish to read the Reunion study (Qggfie in Jgggice, ed. by Rubin and Comitee) end the forthcoming report "Chronic Cannabis Use", H.Y. Academy of Sciences, edited by Deonhueh. Thank you fer your thoughtful inquiry. Sincerely yours, Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry Mex � 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: Milman, Doris H. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-028-3-154 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976 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