Sorry for the misunderstanding Dr. Cooper

Dr. Cooper I appologize for the lack of information on our blog I was under the impression that the team leader was to post each group meetings agendas and act as a liaison between you and the group members. Now fully understanding whats expected of my contributions to the group and blog I would like to update you on the information I have found.

In my group I am in charge of finding out if marijuana is truly the most addictive substance, and if marijuana is actually harmful to the body and or brain. In my findings I found an interesting study that helped support the common misguided assumption is that marijuana kills brain cells, first introduced by the Heath/Tulane Study which was conducted under the Reagan Administration. Dr. Heath reported that monkeys who were distributed 30 marijuana cigarettes a day were beginning to die and show brain failure after just 3 months, thus concluding and publicizing to the public that marijuana kills brain cells. After years of requests that the study data and procedures be released, the Health/Tulane Study was finally publicized. Instead of Dr. Heath administering 30 marijuana cigarettes through out the day for 1 year, Heath strapped gas masks on to the monkeys and administered 63 marijuana cigarettes in 5 minutes without the ventilation of smoke for 90 days. While most people would argue that the THC levels killed the monkeys it was in fact suffocation due to lack of oxygen while being pumped with smoke that killed the monkeys explaining the dead brain cells and death.

Sources:

1. The Union: The Business Behind Getting High.  Dir. Brett Harvey. BKS Crew Productions, 2007. Film.