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There are also ties linked to marijuana use and psychophrenia, not to mention the short-term memory loss that can have an impact on learning and everyday tasks such as driving, Bowlby said. The information, she said, has come from a number of studies done throughout North America. In recent years, it's also been teamed marijuana has more THC (a chemical i.n pot) in it than it had in the past. "That will change what it does in someone's body," Bowlby said. While Bowlby stressed pot may not be a gateway drug for everyone, it has been shown the younger a person starts snicking weed, the more likely he or she is to become addicted to it or move on to other drugs, Source: http•//www whitehorsestar cony/auth.php`?r=45899 National: In Their Words: What the Experts Say: The American Academy of Ophthalmology: "Based on reviews by the National. Eye Institute (NEI) and the Institute of Medicine and on available scientific evidence, the Task Force on Complementary Therapies believes that no scientif.c evidence has been found that demonstrates increased benefits and/or diminished risks of marijuana use to treat glaucoma compared with the wide variety of pharmaceutical agents now available." Complementary Therapy Assessment: Marijuana in the Treatment of Glaucoma, American Academy of Ophth.ahnology, M.ay 2003 The American Medical Association: "...AMA. recommends that marijuana be retailed in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act...AMA believes that the NIH should use its resources and influence to support the development of a simoke-free inhaled delivery system for marijuana or delta- 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to reduce the health hazards associated. with the combustion and inhalation of marijuana..." Policy Statement H-95.952, American Medical Association, http•//www.ama-assn.or~ The National Multiple Sclerosis Society: "Studies completed thus far have not provided convincing evidence that marijuana or its derivatives provide substantiated benefits fox symptoms of MS." The M.S :Information Sourcebook, Marijuana (Cannabis), National Multiple Sclerosis Society, September 18th, 2006 The Institute of Medicine (TOM): "Because of the health risks associated. with smoking, smoked marijuana should generally not be recommended for long term medical use." Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base, Institute of Medicine, 1999 Source: http•//www wlvtehousedrugpolicy aov/druufactJfactSht/medical mariiuana.h.tml 21 75A-116