The new social drug : cultural, medical and legal perspectives on marijuana / edited by David E. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, David E. (David Elvin), 1939- compiler.

Series:

Spectrum book

A Spectrum book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marijuana.

Cannabis.

Medical Subjects:

Cannabis.

Physical Description:

vi, 186 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1970]

Contents:

1. Pharmacology and classification: Clinical and psychological effects of marijuana in man, by A. T. Weil, N. E. Zinberg, and J. M. Nelson. Pharmacologic effects of marijuana, by F. H. Myers. 2. The issue of marijuana abuse: Use of marijuana in the Haight-Ashbury subculture, by J. F. E. Shick, D. E. Smith, and F. H. Meyers. An analysis of marijuana toxicity, by D. E. Smith and C. Mehl.

3. Marijuana as a social issue: Social and epidemiological aspects of marijuana use, by G. Geis. Marijuana use among the new Bohemians, by J. T. Carey. U.S. marijuana legislation and the creation of a social problem, by R. C. Smith.

Privacy and the marijuana laws, by M. A. Town. An approach to marijuana legislation, by W. H. McGlothlin.

5. [i.e. 4.] Marijuana as a political issue: Running out of era: some non-pharmacological notes on the psychedelic revolution, by M. Messer. Marijuana and the politics of reality, by E. Goode.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

0136157653

OCLC:

79059