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 marijuana use produces dizziness_ trouble with thinking,
 impaired motor skills_ fatigue and sleepiness. The 1976
 study by Doctors Hepler, Frank and Petrus emphasized _'Our
 subjects were sometimes too sleepy to permit measurement of
 intraocular pressures.._3 hours after intoxications _ If a
 glaucoma patient were to smoke marijuana 8 to 10 times every
 day for the rest of his life, would[ he be alert and
 energetic enough to live a relatively normal life? Would he
 develop other diseases? No scientific studies exist to
 answer these questions. Robert Randall claims to have saved
 his sight by smoking 8 to i0 marijuLana cigarettes every days
 Under oath he admits he stays at home most days_ follows no
 daily schedule or routines and has not held a regular job in
 over 15 years° He also has avoided having a comprehensive
 medical examination since 1975.
 No scientific studies have shown marijuana can reduce
 eye pressure over long periods of time°
 No scientific studies have shcwn marijuana can save
 eyesight_
 America's top glaucoma experts reject marijuana as
 medicine. Doctor Keith Green is a professor of
 Ophthalmology who serves, or has served, on the editorial
 boards of eight prestigious eye journals (Ophthalmic
 Research_ Oftaimo Abstracto_ Current Eye Research_
 Experimental Eye Research, Investigative Ophthalmology,
 American Journal of Ophthalmology, Archives of
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