Pubdate: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA) Copyright: 2002 Hearst Communications Inc. Contact: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/388 Author: Robert Ablon Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n402/a03.html POT AND THE BRAIN Editor -- Regarding your story, "Heavy pot use impairs brain, new study finds" (March 6): I was heartened to see that that even the lead researcher for that study acknowledged that the findings in no way suggest that marijuana causes serious brain damage. I was disappointed, however, that it took until the eighth paragraph (far beyond the attention span of many readers) to make this very important point. ROBERT ABLON Oakland - --- MAP posted-by: Beth