LAWS RELATING TO THE USE OF MARIJUANA

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 785-785
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Child Health ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Term Effect ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Long Term Effect ◽  
The Individual

At its meeting on October 15, 1970 the Executive Board approved the following statement on marijuana, which was prepared by the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is published on the recommendation of the Academy's Council on Child Health and Committee on Youth: (1) Young people view the inclusion of marijuana as a narcotic, with all its attendant severe punitive connotations, as another example of hypocrisy and lack of justice in America today. (2) As marijuana is not considered a narcotic but rather a hallucinogen and does not produce addiction as such, it is inappropriate to continue to have this drug subject to the narcotic laws, i.e., the Harrison Narcotic Act. (3) The penalties for possession and being in the presence of marijuana are severe in terms of their immediate and long-term effect on the individual. This opinion is based on the nature of the drug and the cultural circumstances associated with its use. Possession and being present should be changed from a felony to a misdemeanor. (4) However, marijuana, as a potentially harmful drug, should not be legalized in any amount at this time. Legalization, if ever, should be deferred until a maximum degree of research and study on the matter can be accomplished.

AGE LIMITS OF PEDIATRICS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-463
Author(s):  
M. Harr Jennison ◽  
Allan B. Coleman ◽  
Richard B. Feiertag ◽  
Robert B. Kugel ◽  
William B. Forsyth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Extensive Review ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Official Policy ◽  
Growth Development ◽  
Age Limits

In 1938 the American Academy of Pediatrics took formal action and defined the age limits of pediatric practice as follows (Journal of Pediatrics, 13:127 and 13:266, 1938): The practice of pediatrics begins at birth and extends well into adolescence and in most cases it will terminate between the sixteenth and eighteenth year of life. In 1969, the Council on Pediatric Practice asked the Executive Board to up date this statement, and the Executive Board referred it to the Council on Child Health. After extensive review of several statements proposed by the Committee on Youth, the Council on Child Health recommended the following statement, which has been approved by the Executive Committee of the Academy for publication as official policy of the American Academy of Pediatrics. PEDIATRICS The purview of pediatrics includes the growth, development, and health of the child and therefore begins in the period prior to birth when conception is apparent. It continues through childhood and adolescence when the growth and developmental processes are generally completed. The responsibility of pediatrics may therefore begin during pregnancy and usually terminates by 21 years of age.

ACADEMY PROCEEDINGS—PRESIDENT'S PAGE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1954 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-77
Author(s):  
Roger L. J. Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Rheumatic Fever ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
American Medicine ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Fellow Member

July 1, 1954, marks a milestone in the history of the American Academy of Pediatrics. For 22 years Doctor Hugh McCulloch has served the Academy, first as co-editor of the Journal of Pediatrics and since the establishment in 1948 of our own publication, Pediatrics, as Editor-in-Chief. Throughout his long term of office he has been an outstanding editor and in addition has found time to serve the Academy in many other ways. He was nominated by the Academy for membership on the American Board of Pediatrics and served as Chairman of the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, to mention only a few of his many activities. Few men have given as much of themselves to pediatrics and American medicine. Since he first served as a member of the Committee on Publication in 1931, Doctor McCulloch has been an inspiration to everyone who has had an opportunity to work with him. His superior qualities of executive ability and imagination have been important factors in establishing Pediatrics as an outstanding publication. Doctor McCulloch has found it necessary to ask to be relieved as Editor-in-Chief because of increasing demands on his time. It was with sincere regret and profound appreciation of Doctor McCulloch's contributions to the American Academy of Pediatrics that the Executive Board acceded to his request. It is impossible to express the magnitude of the debt that the Academy owes Doctor McCulloch for his many years of service. With the selection of Doctor Charles D. May as Editor-in-Chief, the Executive Board presents to its members a fellow member of the Academy who has a broad viewpoint of the responsibilities of the position. He is typical of the new leadership which steadily develops within the Academy and upon which we depend for even greater advances in the future.

STATEMENT FROM THE EXECUTIVE BOARD

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 512-512
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Business Manager ◽  
Board Meeting ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Program Policy ◽  
Special Knowledge ◽  
Independent Organization

THE FOLLOWING is an excerpt from the Abstracts of the Executive Board Meeting of October 2 to 5, 1957, presented at the Business Meeting of the Academy during the Annual Meeting on October 9, 1957. It is published here at the request of the Executive Board. The following statement was adopted by the Board to be given to the members at the Annual Meeting by the President, transmitted to advertisers in Pediatrics by the Business Manager of Pediatrics and appear in the official publication of the Academy, Pediatrics: The American Academy of Pediatrics recognized the Physicians' Council for Information on Child Health as an independent organization engaged in a program seeking to improve the health of children. The American Academy of Pediatrics has no connection with the Physicians' Council for Information on Child Health. The two organizations are not related in any way. The American Academy of Pediatrics has no control over the Physicians' Council, its directors, executive committee, officers or members. The Academy has no special knowledge of the program, policy or actions of the Physicians' Council, other than is disclosed by the publications of the Physicians' Council. The policy of the American Academy of Pediatrics is to co-operate with any organization interested in the improvement of child health and welfare.

Long-term scarring effect of neither working nor studying

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-204
Author(s):  
Fredrik W. Andersson ◽  
Susanne Gullberg Brännstrom ◽  
Roger Mörtvik
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Term Effect ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Term Effect ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
First Time ◽  
Unobservable Heterogeneity

Purpose It is increasingly important to study labour market outcomes for people who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET). Where most studies focus solely on young people, the purpose of this paper is to include both younger and older NEETs to find out if there is any long-term scarring effect, and if the effect is different between these two groups. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a twin-based estimation method for the first time to measure the long-term effect of economic inactivity on income. The analysis is based on biological twins, in order to control for individuals’ unobservable heterogeneity. It is assumed that twins are similar to each other and the only unobservable heterogeneity is at the family level. Register-based data from Statistics Sweden is used. Findings The result indicates a significant negative income effect for those who have been in NEET, and is larger for those who have been in NEET for several consecutive periods of time. Individuals who were in NEET during 2001-2003 had on average 62 per cent lower income compared with their twin in 2011. The corresponding number for individuals who were in NEET for just one period was 33 per cent. Hence, time in NEET reduces income. The results show that the long-term scarring effect is not affected by age. Originality/value This study utilises for the first time a twin-based estimation method to measure the long-term effect of inactivity. Most studies focus solely on young people, but the authors also include an older group of people.

THE PEDIATRICIAN AND THE PUBLIC

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1948 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-227
Author(s):  
PAUL HARPER
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Child Health ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
The Public ◽  
Medical Centers ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Pediatric Education

The recommendations that federal tax funds be used for the support of pediatric education which were prepared by the Committee for Improvement of Child Health and approved by the Executive Board of the American Academy of Pediatrics are supported with the following reservations: a. The recommendations of the Academy should acknowledge the need to strengthen the entire field of medical education while maintaining the Academy's qualification to speak for the pediatric aspects. b. The recommendations should more clearly emphasize the desirability of extending medical training by an affiliation between outlying hospitals and medical centers. The purpose is more and better training in pediatrics for general practitioners as well as for pediatricians. c. The recommendations should be amended to strengthen the position of the proposed advisory council on medical education and to require that there shall be no interference with academic freedom to develop medical education and to investigate disease.

Health promotion program of the Academy

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 850-850
Author(s):  
Saul J. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Child Health ◽  
United Nations ◽  
American Academy ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Promotion Program ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

This year the American Academy of Pediatrics has embarked on a health promotion program which will lead to a schedule of events for its participation in the Year of the Child—1979, as proclaimed by the United Nations. It will reach a climax in 1980 with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The motto the Academy has adopted for this is "The Academy of Pediatrics Speaks Up for Children." A Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Sprague Hazard, a member of the Executive Board, has organized a program which emphasizes four aspects of child health: accident prevention, nutrition, immunization, and health education.

THE PRESIDENT'S PAGE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1948 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 521-521
Author(s):  
WM. C. BLACK
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Social Philosophy ◽  
Pediatric Care ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Personal Liberty ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Initial Shock ◽  
American Children ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Form Letter

I am in receipt of your form letter to all members of the Academy dated March 2, 1948 with the appended report of the American Academy of Pediatrics' "Committee for the Improvement of Child Health." I note with despair that this report was approved by the Academy's Executive Board, Chicago, February 8, 1948. I cannot tell you how stunned and staggered I was as I read this vicious document which has received official approval by our Executive Board. I could not believe my eyes. Now that I have recovered from the initial shock somewhat, I wish to inform you of my complete, total, uncompromising disgust with this stupid and visionary report, and the clear implication that control of Academy affairs and of the pediatric survey have fallen into the hands of persons committed to the collectivist social philosophy. No one is more desirous of the "good life" than I am. No one is more anxious than I for every child in America to have the best of pediatric care and guidance, and an ample share of all the other attributes of a full and abundant life. But only an impractical dreamer could write a report such as this or believe for one instant that adoption of any part of its recommendations could lead to anything but compulsion, coercion, bureaucracy, stateism, and despotism. The report clearly, baldly, and unequivocally cleaves to the communist social philosophy. I don't! Therefore, please be advised that through my own personal sense of responsibility to the young men and women who choose medicine as a profession, to our honored profession itself, to the American children under my care now and in the future, to the concept of the dignity and worth of the individual, to my conviction that mankind can attain its future high destiny and maintain progress in that direction only through personal liberty under law, I am compelled to proffer my resignation from the American Academy of Pediatrics to become effective immediately, when and if this disastrous report or any part thereof is adopted by the Academy.

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