Marihuana Reconsidered

Marihuana Reconsidered. 1st published in 1971 & updated in '77, was a Harvard University Press bestseller much praised by reviewers. Noted psychiatrist Dr Lester Grinspoon methodically reviews the scientific, medical & popular literature on the effects of marihuana. Today, as the issue of legalizing marihuana for medical use is being reconsidered, this book continues to offer what has been widely acclaimed as the most comprehensive assessment of marihuana & its place in society.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The history of marihuana in the United States
From plant to intoxicant
Chemistry & pharmacology
The acute literary & other reports
The acute its properties
Motivation of the user
Turning on
The place of cannabis in medicine
Addiction, dependence & the "stepping-stone" hypothesis
Psychoses, adverse reactions & personality deterioration
Crime & sexual excess
The campaign against marihuana
The question of legalization
Abbreviations
Selected Bibliography
Notes
Index