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To: Neocon who wrote (26492)	5/29/1999 10:04:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Ask your mother, dear.

To: Neocon who wrote (26492)	5/29/1999 10:20:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

If you would take the time to actually research what you are talking about before you spout off on it, you might be better served. The so-called "drive" to "put cigarettes on a par with narcotics" is the result of scientific research. Try going to the National Library of Medicine search site, and entering tobacco and addiction as search terms. Then, at least you'll know what you are talking about. nlm.nih.gov Here is one article for you: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J Toxicol Sci 1999 Feb;24(1):1-16 Recent progress in the neurotoxicology of natural drugs associated with dependence or addiction, their endogenous agonists and receptors. Kobayashi H, Suzuki T, Kamata R, Saito S, Sato I, Tsuda S, Matsusaka N Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan. Nicotine in tobacco, tetrahydrocannabinol (delta 9-THC) in marijuana and morphine in opium are well known as drugs associated with dependence or addiction. Endogenous active substances that mimic the effects of the natural drugs and their respective receptors have been found in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). Such active substances and receptors include acetylcholine (ACh) and the nicotinic ACh receptor (nAChR) for nicotine, anandamide and CB1 for delta 9-THC, and endomorphins (1 and 2) and the mu (OP3) opioid receptor for morphine, respectively. Considerable progress has been made in studies on neurotoxicity, in terms of the habituation, dependence and withdrawal phenomena associated with these drugs and with respect to correlations with endogenous active substances and their receptors. In this article we shall review recent findings related to the neurotoxicity of tobacco, marijuana and opium, and their toxic ingredients, nicotine, delta 9-THC and morphine in relation to their respective endogenous agents and receptors in the CNS. Publication Types: Review Review literature PMID: 10073332, UI: 99172987 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the above report in Macintosh PC UNIX Text HTML format documents on this page through Loansome Doc --------------------------------------------------------------------------------