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December 21, 1979, Vol 242, No. 25 >
ARTICLE | December 21, 1979

Current Status of Marijuana Research: Title and subTitle BreakSymposium on Marijuana Held July 1978 in Reims, France FREE

Gabriel G. Nahas, MD, PhD
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JAMA. 1979;242(25):2775-2778. doi:10.1001/jama.1979.03300250031025
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REPORTS of the current status of marijuana research were presented at a symposium on marijuana held in July 1978 in Reims, France, under the aegis of the Seventh International Congress of Pharmacology.1-2 More than 100 scientists from 14 countries attended the meeting sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), The French Ministry of Health, the French National Institute for Health and Research (INSERM), and the International Medical Council on Drug Use. Organizers of the symposium were Gabriel G. Nahas (Columbia University), W. D. M. Paton (Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University), and Monique Braude (NIDA). Analysis, metabolism, cellular responses, and effects on reproduction and on the brain were the topics discussed during the two-day meeting.

Pharmacokinetics  The pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, biotransformation, and elimination) of the psychoactive substance of marijuana—Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC—and of its byproducts (metabolites) were described by E. R. Garrett (University of Florida). Unlike water-soluble

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Nahas GG, Paton WDM (eds):  Marihuana: Biological Effects . Proceedings of the Satellite Symposium of the Seventh International Congress of Pharmacology . New York, Pergamon Press, 1979;.
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Nahas GG:  The Reims symposium , in Nahas GG: Keep Off the Grass . New York, Pergamon Press, 1974;, pp 209-229.
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Dornbush RL, Kolodny RC, Bauman JE, et al:  Human female chronic marihuana use and endocrine functioning . Read before the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Reproductive Biology Research Foundation, St Louis, Nov 5-9, 1978 .
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Dalterio S, Bartke A:  Effects of perinatal exposure to cannabinoids alters male reproductive function in mice . Science 205:1420-1422, 1979;.
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Voorhees CU, Brunner RL, Butcher RE:  Psychotropic drugs as behavioral teratogens . Science 205:1220-1225, 1979;.
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Treffert DA:  Marihuana use in schizophrenia: A clear hazard . Am J Psychiatry 135:1213-1215, 1978;.

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Nahas GG, Paton WDM (eds):  Marihuana: Biological Effects . Proceedings of the Satellite Symposium of the Seventh International Congress of Pharmacology . New York, Pergamon Press, 1979;.
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Nahas GG:  The Reims symposium , in Nahas GG: Keep Off the Grass . New York, Pergamon Press, 1974;, pp 209-229.
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Dornbush RL, Kolodny RC, Bauman JE, et al:  Human female chronic marihuana use and endocrine functioning . Read before the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Reproductive Biology Research Foundation, St Louis, Nov 5-9, 1978 .
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Dalterio S, Bartke A:  Effects of perinatal exposure to cannabinoids alters male reproductive function in mice . Science 205:1420-1422, 1979;.
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Voorhees CU, Brunner RL, Butcher RE:  Psychotropic drugs as behavioral teratogens . Science 205:1220-1225, 1979;.
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Treffert DA:  Marihuana use in schizophrenia: A clear hazard . Am J Psychiatry 135:1213-1215, 1978;.

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