Study of Chronic Marihuana Users in Jamaica (The Ganja Study) 1970-1981 (Bulk 1970-1970).

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Study of Chronic Marihuana Users in Jamaica (The Ganja Study) 1970-1981 (Bulk 1970-1970).

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The Study of Chronic Marihuana Users in Jamaica (The Ganja Project) is a collection of materials relating to an anthropological and medical study of the long-term effects of cannabis smoking. It was commissioned by the National Institute of Mental Health in 1970 and conducted by the Research Institute for the Study of Man, in collaboration with the University of the West Indies, between 1970 and 1972. Materials include human subject data, background research on the physiological and psychological ... The bulk of the collection consists of human subject data from medical analyses conducted in 1970. There exists a substantial amount of background research material for the study relating to existing research on the effects of cannabis smoking and other drug use. Other background research includes an assessment of the legal status of marihuana use in Jamaica, which was produced for the study, and materials examining the legal issues related to clinical studies involving illegal substances. This research ...

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The Study of Chronic Marihuana Users in Jamaica (The Ganja Project) was commissioned in January 1970 by the Center for Studies of Narcotic and Drug Abuse of the National Institute of Mental Health and carried out by the Research Institute for the Study of Man in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of the West Indies. The project was conceived as a combined anthropological/medical survey on the long-term effects of cannabis smoking. Ethnographic researchers investigated s...