(pro-hemp books)
Jack Frazier, ``The Marijuana Farmers'' Solar Age Press,
New
Orleans, 1972
Jack Herer, ``The Emperor Wears No Clothes'' Queen of
Clubs/HEMP
Publishing, 1992 Subtitled: The Authoritative Historical Record of
the Cannabis Plant, Marijuana Prohibition, & How Hemp Can Still
Save the World. Comment: A compendium of stories, opinions,
and
documents about America's great drug hypocrisy.
Chris Conrad, Hemp, Life-Line to the Future, 312 pp.
Comment: Very
readable. Convincingly portrays hemp as a viable economic
alternative for a sustainable future.
Cohen & Stillman, ``Therapeutic Potential of Marijuana'',
Plenum
Press, NY, 1976. (nutrition and medical use)
Journal Articles of General Interest
``Marijuana Laws: A Need for Reform'' by Roger Allan
Glasgow;
Arkansas Law Review Vol 22 Iss. 340 pp.359-375
Government commissions recommending legalization
Mayor LaGuardia's Committee on Marijuana (New York) Report issued
1944. (Initiated 1938 -- an extensive study of marijuana)
SOURCES (by question number)
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I)
1a) [hemp]
``Hemp.'' by Lyster H. Dewey in the Yearbook of the United
States Department
of Agriculture 1913 pp.283-346
b) [cannabis]
(cites pending)
c) [origin of the word marijuana]
(cites pending)
2a) [hemp seed/seed oil/leaves as food]
[protein content]
St.a Angelo, A.J., E.J. Conkerton, J.M. Dechary, and A.M. Altschul 1966,
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, vol. 121, pp. 181;
St. Angelo, A.J., L.y. Yatsu and A. M. Altschul 1968, Archives of
Biochemistry and Biophysics, vol. 124, pp.199-205
Stockwell, D.M., J.M. Dechary, and A.M. Altschul, 1964, Biochimica Biophysica
Axta, vol.82, pp.221
(these three above references indirect via ``the Emperor Wears no Clothes''
I haven't obtained copies of the articles yet.)
[essential fatty acid oils]
``Hemp-Seed Oil Compared with Other Common Vegetable Oils''
by
Gerald X. Diamond in Washington Citizens for Drug Policy Reform
Cannabis Hemp Information Kit.
``Therapeutic Hemp Oil'' by Andrew Weil, M.D. in Natural
Health March/April
1993 (1992?)
b) [agricultural benefits of hemp]
``Hemp.'' by Lyster H. Dewey as cited in I)1a)
c) [hemp vs. soy]
(protein production)
``Hemp.'' by Lyster H. Dewey as cited in I)1a)
and the studies by Altschul as cited in I)2a)
(resistance to UV-B sunlight)
``UV-B Effects on Terrestrial Plants'' by Manfred Tevini
and Alan H.
Teremura in Photochemistry and Photobiology Vol. 50, No. 4, pp.479-487
1989
3a) [hemp based fuels]
b) [fossil fuels]
4a) [hemp clothing/fabrics]
``Hemp, Flax, Jute, Ramie, Kenaf and Other Industrial Fibers --
a
Comparison of Properties and Applications'' by Gerald X. Diamond
in
Washington Citizens for Drug Policy Reform Cannabis Hemp Information
Kit.
b) [cotton]
(cites pending)
5a) [marijuana as medicine]
``In the Matter of Marijuana Rescheduling Petition -- Opinion and
Recommended
Ruling, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decision of Administrative
Law Judge Francis L. Young'' USDJ DEA Dated Sept 6th Docket No.
86-22
(other cites pending)
b) [legal pharmeceuticals]
(cites pending)
6) [hemp paper]
United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin #404
II)
1) [hemp/marijuana prohibition -- history]
``The History of Marijuana in the United States'' by Lester Grinspoon
in
his book ``Marijuana Reconsidered'' (pub. data to follow)
``The Emperor Wears No Clothes'' by Jack Herer; Hemp/Queen
of Clubs
publishing 1989-1992 ISBN 1-878125-00-1
``The Puzzle of the Social Origins of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937''
by
John F. Galliher and Allynn Walker; Social problems 1977, vol. 24 p367-376
(racism)
``Mexicans and Marijuana'' by John Helmer in his book ``Drugs
and Minority
Oppression'' (pub. data to follow)
2) [misinformation/lack of information on hemp]
``The Emperor Wears No Clothes'' by Jack Herer; Hemp/Queen
of Clubs
publishing 1989-1992 ISBN 1-878125-00-1
``Hemp.'' by Lyster H. Dewey as cited in I)1a)
III)
1) [marijuana and brain damage]
``The Chronic Cerebral Effects of Cannabis Use.
I) Methodological Issues and Neurological Findings
II) Psychological Findings and Conclusions''
by Renee C. Wert, Ph.D. and Michael L. Raulin, Ph.D.
in The International Journal of the Addictions 1986, Vol 21(6),
pp.605-628 (Part I) and pp.629-642 (Part II)
(the following are the studies which were found to be flawed)
Harper, J.W., Heath, R.G., and Myers, W.A. Effects of
cannabis sativa on ultrastructure of the synapse in
monkey brain. J. Neurosci. Res. 3:87-93. 1977.
Heath, R.G., Fitzjarrell, A.T., Garey, R.E., and Myers, W.A.
Chronic marihuana smoking: Its effects on function and
structure of the primate brain. In Nahas, G.G. and
Paton, W.D.M. (eds) Marihuana: Biological Effects.
Analysis, Metabolism, Cullarlar Responses, Reproduction
and Brain. Pergamon Press: Oxford. 1979.
Heath, R.G., Fitzjarrell, A.T., Fontana, C.J., and Garey,
R.E. Cannabis sativa: Effects on brain function and
ultrastructure in Rhesus monkeys. Biological Psychiatry.
15:657-690. 1980.
(D.A.R.E. says pot kills brain cells)
D.A.R.E. Officers Training Manual K-12, Section T page 5
1b) [brain cells death and getting `high']
(marijuana psycho-action / mechanism)
(alcohol brain damage -- cites pending)
2) [marijuana and tobacco, lungs]
``Subacute; Effects of Heavy Marijuana Smoking on Pulmonary Function
In Healthy Men'' Donald P. Tashkin, M.D., Bertrand J. Shapiro,
M.D.,
Y. Enoch Lee, B.S. and Charles E. Harper in the New England Journal
of Medicine Jan 15, 1978; Vol. 294, No. 3 pp.125-129
(the radioactive tobacco theory)
Correspondence section of the New England Journal of Medicine, Feb.
11, 1982 Vol 306 No. 6 and July 29th, 1982 Vol 307 No. 5
3) [duration of marijuana ``high'']
(cites pending)
4) [addictiveness of marijuana]
(cites pending)
5) [over 400 chemicals in marijuana]
(800 different chemicals in coffee)
Ames, B.N., Gold, L.S. Too many rodent carcinogens:
Mitogenesis increases mutagenesis. Science. Vol 149.
Pg. 971. 1990.
6) [marijuana and short term memory]
(cites pending)
7) [marijuana and the immune system]
``Marijuana and Immunity'' by Leo E. Hollister M.D.; Journal
of Psycho-Active
Drugs Vol 24(2), Apr-Jun 1992 pp159-164
8) [marijuana and adolescent males]
(cites pending)
9) [marijuana and sperm count]
(cites pending)
10) [marijuana and adolescent females]
(cites pending)
11) [Fetal Marijuana Syndrome (sic)]
Research of Melanie Dreher (cites pending)
12) [marijuana lethality (sic)]
(cites pending)
13) [the gateway theory]
(cites pending)
14) [psychotic reactions to marijuana]
(cites pending)
15) [marijuana and automobile accidents]
(cites pending)
16) [amotivational syndrome]
``Behavioral and Biological Concomitants of Chronic Marijuana
Use'' Dr. Jack H. Mendelson, 1974. This study was conducted by
the United States Army and never released, until the National
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws found it.
``Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse -- Final Report'' 1973
Washington.
( use of marijuana and other drugs in a positive role in work )
``Working Men and Ganja: Marijuana Use in Rural Jamaica.''
Dreher, M.C. (Now Dean of Nursing at UMASS) 1982 Philadelphia
Institute for the Study of Human Issues.
``American Opiophobia: Customary Underutilization of Opioid
Analgesics.'' C.S. Hill, Jr. and W.S Fields; Advances in Pain
Research and Therapy, vol. 2 pp. 163-173
``The working addict'' Caplovitz, D. 1976, White Plains, NY Sharpe
17) [keeping kids off pot]
(cites pending)
18) [industrial hemp potency]
(cites pending)
19) [urinalysis]
20) Go away.
21) [marijuana potency]
``Cannabis 1988 Old Drug, New Dangers The Potency Question''
by Tod
H. Mikuriya, M.D. and Michael R. Aldrich, Ph.D. in the Journal of
Psycho-Active Drugs Vol.20(1), Jan-Mar 1988 pp.47-55
22) [putting users in jail -- bad, bad, bad]
(civil liberties issues)
``The Pathology of the War on Drugs: The Assault on Justice and
Civil Liberties'' by Steven Wisotsky in Beyond the War on Drugs
(1990)
Chapter 7.
``Waste heat and Garbage: The legalization of Warrantless Infrared
Searches'' by Lisa J. Steele in Criminal Law Bulletin, Jan-Feb
1993 pp.19-39
``Domestic Drug Interdiction Operations: Finding The Balance''
by Sandra
Guerra in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Vol 82, No. 4
1992 pp.1109-1161
(articles on the military in the Drug War)
``Police Action'' by David C. Morrison in National Security
2/1/92
pp.267-270
``The Militarization of the Drug War in Mexico'' by Kate
Doyle in
Current History February 1993 pp.83-89
``The Newest Trojan Horse'' by Catherine Cornez in World
Press Review
June 1992 pp.17-18
``The Golden Lie'' by Diana Reynolds in the Humanist Sept./Oct.
1990
pp.10-49
(number of marijuana smokers in the U.S.)
(cites pending)
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