Wanted: Regular Pot Smokers

WINSTONSALEM, N.C. (AP) Wanted: about 20 regular marijuana users to get
high in a laboratory setting for a scientific study.

Bowman Gray School of Medicine's $50,000 project is backed by the federal
government, part of a campaign to find out more about the effects of
marijuana and curb its use among teenagers.

Volunteers will be given free, federally certified marijuana cigarettes and
will be protected from prosecution. They'll earn $200 for four sessions, and
be shuttled to and from the lab by taxi.

The study is needed because data on marijuana's dangers is inconclusive, said
David P. Friedman, associate dean for research development.

Only regular marijuana users will be eligible to participate, because
researchers don't want to encourage people to begin using the drug, he said.

The study comes as federal health officials consider whether to sponsor
research into the medical uses of marijuana.