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Understanding marijuana, a new look at the scientific evidence, Mitch Earleywine

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Understanding marijuana, a new look at the scientific evidence, Mitch Earleywine

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-317) and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Understanding marijuana

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bibliography

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48256454

Responsibility statement

Mitch Earleywine

Sub title

a new look at the scientific evidence

Summary

Marijuana is the world's most popular illicit drug, with hundreds of millions of users worldwide. One in three Americans has smoked pot, and in fact, the DEA estimates that Americans smoke five million pounds of marijuana each year. Nonetheless, marijuana remains largely misunderstood by both its advocates and its detractors. To some, marijuana is an insidious "stepping-stone" drug; to others, medical marijuana is an organic means of easing discomfort; and to others it is, like alcohol, a largely harmless indulgence, dangerous only when used immoderately. All sides of the debate have appropriated the scientific evidence on marijuana to satisfy their claims. What, then, are we to make of these conflicting portrayals of a drug with historical origins dating back to 8,000 B.C.? Earleywine separates science from opinion to show how marijuana defies easy dichotomies, tracing the medical and political debates surrounding marijuana in a balanced, objective fashion

Table Of Contents

Highlights in the history of cannabis -- Cannabis use and misuse -- Stepping-stones, gateways, and the prevention of drug problems -- Marijuana's impact on thought and memory -- Subjective effects -- Cannabis pharmacology -- Marijuana's health effects -- Medical marijuana -- Social problems -- Law and policy -- Treatment for marijuana problems -- Final thoughts

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