LOGAN SHOULD CHECK THE FACTS

Sir -

Among those so-called drug "activists" Bruce Logan (February 28) refers to
as having signed a letter to the United Nations, published in the New York
Times in 1998, were some of the best and brightest minds our world has to
offer.

As far as joints causing permanent brain damage, where is the study that
proves that one?

Dr Gabriel Nahas did a much-cited study where monkeys had been given brain
damage. What goes unsaid is he gained those results from the methodology of
a faulty experiment (they were suffocated with smoke), not from the
marijuana itself. Needless to say, it did not survive the peer-review process.

I recommend reading www.druglibrary.org for further reference.

Christopher A. Joseph, Ohio March 2, 2000