Marian Fischman

Marian Rita Weinbaum Fischman (October 13, 1939 – October 23, 2001) was an American psychologist who researched narcotics and addiction.

Life Born Marian Rita Weinbaum in Queens, New York, Fischman lived her early years in an apartment above her father's drugstore. She attended Barnard College before completing a master's in psychology at Columbia University and a doctorate from the University of Chicago. died at 62 on October 23, 2001, at NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital from complications with colon cancer. She was survived by Kleber and a son, two daughters, two stepdaughters, mother, and a brother. She was residing in Manhattan at the time of her death.

Selected works According to WorldCat.org, Fischman is listed as author or co-author of 23 works in 31 publications.

Fischman, M. W., & Foltin, R. W. (1991). Utility of subjective‐effects measurements in assessing abuse liability of drugs in humans. British journal of addiction, 86(12), 1563-1570. Rolls, B. J., Kim-Harris, S., Fischman, M. W., Foltin, R. W., Moran, T. H., & Stoner, S. A. (1994). Satiety after preloads with different amounts of fat and carbohydrate: implications for obesity. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 60(4), 476-487. Hatsukami, D. K., & Fischman, M. W. (1996). Crack cocaine and cocaine hydrochloride: Are the differences myth or reality?. Jama, 276(19), 1580-1588. Haney, M., Ward, A. S., Comer, S. D., Foltin, R. W., & Fischman, M. W. (1999). Abstinence symptoms following smoked marijuana in humans. Psychopharmacology, 141(4), 395-404. Hart, C. L., Van Gorp, W., Haney, M., Foltin, R. W., & Fischman, M. W. (2001). Effects of acute smoked marijuana on complex cognitive performance. Neuropsychopharmacology, 25(5), 757-765. Martinez, D., Broft, A., Foltin, R. W., Slifstein, M., Hwang, D. R., Huang, Y.... & Laruelle, M. (2004). Cocaine dependence and D 2 receptor availability in the functional subdivisions of the striatum: relationship with cocaine-seeking behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology, 29(6), 1190-1202. Martinez, D., Narendran, R., Foltin, R. W., Slifstein, M., Hwang, D. R., Broft, A.... & Laruelle, M. (2007). Amphetamine-induced dopamine release: markedly blunted in cocaine dependence and predictive of the choice to self-administer cocaine. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164(4), 622-629.