Understanding marijuana : a new look at the scientific evidence / Mitch Earleywine.

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 i...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author: Earleywine, Mitchell
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ℗♭2002.
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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.