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 NOF but again_ that comes back to the same
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 thing.
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 The same kind of --
 4 _ Theregs been _ reason to suspect that they
 5 -have induced that in all the patients that it's been '
 6_ used ins and one doesn't hardly -- one doesn't
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 usually see open-angle glaucoma in patients who are
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 Juveniles or youngsters _ndergolng growth and
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 developmental changes.
 10 _ Okay. With regard to impairment of male
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 reproduction, you say marijuana impairs --
 12 E Impairment of what_ sir?
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 .... _ Male reproductlon_
 14 A Okay.
 15 _ Again, the National Academy of Sciences had
 16 reported a number of studies on that_ which
 17 essentially found no serious problems with regard to
 l_ testosterone levels and even wlth long-term use of
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 marijuana. Are you aware that there is some dispute
 o 20 in the literature?
 2l _ There is considerable dlspute_ yes_ because
 22 there have been a number of instances where
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 spermatogenesis has been shown to be markedly
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 impaired in humans.
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