| 17th MAY 2003 | Les Iversen Replies to BMJ "30,000 Deaths" Article |
Following
That "Junk" BJM article, on The
Evening Standard May 6th, Professor
Les Iversen of the Department of Pharmacology at Oxford University
replyed for us.----Original Message Follows----
From: Peter Webster <vignes@wanadoo.fr>
To: maps-forum@maps.org
Subject: MAPS: Les Iversen Replies to BMJ "30,000 Deaths" Article
Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 11:18:49 +0000
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When I read last week that as many as 30,000 deaths a year in Britain could
be caused by smoking cannabis, I reacted in a most uncustomary way for a
mild-mannered scientist. I was infuriated. As someone acknowledged as a
specialist in drug actions on the brain, I know a great deal about cannabis
and how it affects its users, and I know that there are simply not the
facts to stand up outrageous statements like this. ... ...(P.Webster+)
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