This report to congress is designed to summarize the current status of our knowledge of the health consequences of the use of marijuana, that is, not only the effects of the drug on the individual's physical and psychological health, but also the effects of marijuana use on the society as a whole. Certainly, our knowledge of marijuana and health…

Apparent success of the marathon groups in altering the perceptions of Black female heroin addicts toward the future, counseling, and themselves offers preliminary evidence that marathons may have potential as a counseling strategy with these clients. Future research needs to be performed to substantiate or reject these findings. (Author/PD)

In May 1974, Fresno County's Narcotic Abuse Treatment Program began a 21-day outpatient methadone detoxification treatment modality. The purpose of this paper is to examine this alternative treatment modality, its characteristics, its therapeutic outcomes and the rationale for its use. (Author)

Primary heroin abusers who remained in a voluntary drug-free treatment program for an average of nine months were carefully matched with not-retained control subjects. Marijuana was used by the retained subjects as a heroin substitute and those who used marijuana were more apt to remain in the treatment program. (Author)

Examination of the medical research literature reveals specifics on marihuana use concerning excessive damage to individuals who may have certain physical or psychological inabilities to handle this substance, who may use it in doses that are more than minimal, or who may use it over extended periods of time. (Author)

College students tend to view alcoholism and drug abuse in an equally conflicting fashion. Other findings also seem to lead to the suggestion that education programs dealing with these pathologies would probably be more effective if combined rather than separate. (Author)

Drug education should be a complete program including information on the all too frequently overused group of self medicaments. Misuse of these drugs by self medication may, in many circumstances, lead to serious consequences. Knowledge of their use should be an effort of every drug education program. (Author)

Since the isolation of the active component of marijuana (THC), studies have revealed various effects to the memory, specific physiological effects, and definite visual effects to individuals while under the influence of marijuana. The sociological aspects of the drug may stimulate an individual into the use of this drug. (Author)

Comparison of demographic characteristics of persons enrolled in three programs indicate that the younger and unemployed are in therapeutic communities while the older, more often jailed persons are members of the methadone program. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to identify the factorial composition of 55 characteristics of the subjects. These characteristics were assessed by a self-report inventory containing 55 items pertaining to drug use and alleged related areas of drug use. (Author)

This article develops a conceptual model of the causes of drug abuse and proposes an educational effort aimed at preventing those causes. (Author)

Messengers earn while they learn the life style of work. (Editor)

The incidence of drug use, the time of initial drug use, and the motivations for various types of use have been analyzed in this study. (Author)

This article discusses the types of problems counselors encounter when they deal with those who want to stop using heroin and focuses on those issues about which most people seem unaware. (Author)