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Show Marijuana risk warned by AMA Marijuana is a dangerous drug, "pushers" should be prosecuted, pro-secuted, but penalties against users of the drug may be too harsh. This is the substance of a new statement on marijuana issued is-sued by the Council on Mental Health and the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Depend- ence of the American Medical Association. The statement was released at the conclusion of the 14 th annual Conference for Mental Health Representatives of State Medical Societies held in Chicago. The new statement differs from a previous position paper only by making more explicit the council's position regarding penalty facets, the drug's dangers, dan-gers, and the prosecution concept. con-cept. The text of the statement reads: "It is the opinion of the Council on Mental Health and the Committee on Alcoholism |