Study finds predictors for youth violence and drugs
...examine this factorin a systematic manner. So does marijuana use (but not 'harder' drugs), beingmale, and feeli...gh risk groups reported significantly morealcohol, marijuana and other drug use than others (though not more cigarettesmoking); and a much higher number of repor...Marijuana Not A Factor In Driving Accidents
The safety hazards of smoking marijuana and driving are overrated, saysUniversity of Toron... accident reports from severalcountries shows that marijuana taken alone in moderate amounts does notsignificantly increase a driver's risk of causing an acciden...Teen Marijuana Use Is Fueled By Change In Attitudes
Rising teen marijuana use is fueled by change in attitudes about the dru...f the reasons behind historic fluctuations in teen marijuana usepublished in the current (June 1998) issue of the American Journal of PublicHealth. The analysis,...First Patients Enrolled In NIH Clinical Trial On Effects Of Marijuana In HIV Patients
A clinical trial on the effects of marijuana in patients with HIV infectionhas begun under the ...he region. The trial will examine the influence of marijuana on the immune system andon the amount of virus in the body, as well as on its potentialinteractions ......s. "Law enforcement may be able to use it to find marijuana productionfields in aerial photography, and oil companies could use it to domineral analyses of spectral images," Barnes said. "It could have GISapplications for land use classification, and insurance companies coulduse it to identify potential lands...Maternal Exposure To Crack Cocaine Produces Stressed Newborns
...fthe infants had been exposed to cocaine, alcohol, marijuana and cigarettes.Seventeen of the newborns had been exposed to alcohol and/or marijuana andcigarettes. The other 20 infants were drug free, but some of their motherssmoked cigarettes. Mo...