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The Attorney Life: Demands, Strategy and Professional Reality

I was in my office one day and the receptionist said there was someone there to see me. I said, “tell him that I am busy, and he needs to make an appointment.” She calls back 30 seconds later and said “it is an FBI agent!” I said, “how do you know that?” She said, “I asked for ID, and he showed me…

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A Clomipramine Challenge Linked Withdrawal-Like Behavior and Histamine Changes in THC-Tolerant Rats

A 1985 rat experiment reported withdrawal-like behavior and regional histamine decreases after clomipramine challenge in THC-tolerant animals. The design was a pharmacological challenge, not simply observation after THC cessation. Tolerance was established before the challenge Repeated intravenous THC produced tolerance to cooling and to the acute regional histamine reductions over…

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A Mouse Study Found Persistent Electrical Hyperexcitability Despite Tolerance to THC Motor Effects

A 1986 mouse study reported prolonged susceptibility to electrically induced convulsions after THC, while repeated treatment produced tolerance to motor toxicity but not that excitability endpoint. Adaptation differed between visible movement effects and a later electrical challenge. The exposure was a high-dose injected protocol The experiment examined a wide high-dose…

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Prior THC Exposure Changed Whether Environmental Familiarity Mattered in a Rat Study

A 1987 rat experiment found environmental familiarity affected THC behavior in drug-naive animals but not in animals previously exposed to THC. The finding was an interaction between two histories, not proof that context never matters. Drug and chamber exposure were separated Four groups received prior drug exposure, prior chamber exposure,…

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