Re: This is your brain on drugs...

[mozley@darius.pet.upenn.edu (P. David Mozley, M.D.)]

Objection.  It is not clear that the patients and the controls in that
study were comparable.  The patients apparently had several risk factors
for regional brain dysfunction that were not related to drug abuse per se.
Historically, the use of inadequately controlled, unreplicated results to
persuade children to conform to social norms and mores has not been
constructive.  It may be dangerous to link the credibility of radiation
science to the preliminary findings from an opportunistic clinical study.
Intentions to disperse this particular piece of propaganda may need to be
reconsidered.

mozley@darius.pet.upenn.edu


>The tape to which you refer is titled "Cocaine and the Brain"  it was
>produced by Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston and sponsored by Du Pont

>>     Recently I saw an excellent video showing the effect of taking drugs
>>     (such as cocain) by showing what it does to normal brain through the
>>     use of brain scans.  It was produced by a company that makes either
>>     CAT or MR scanner, and they were providing it for free as public
>>     service.  I would very much like to have our local schools show it to
>>     the students but I forgot the name of the company.  Does anyone know
>>     where I can get a copy of that video?