| Description |
xi, 443 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
The history of marihuana in the United States -- From plant to intoxicant -- Chemistry and pharmacology -- The acute intoxication : literary and other reports -- The acute intoxication : its properties -- Motivation of the user -- Turning on -- The place of cannabis in medicine -- Addiction, dependence, and the "stepping-stone" hypothesis -- Psychoses, adverse reactions, and personality deterioration -- Crime and sexual excess -- The campaign against marihuana -- The question of legalization |
| Analysis |
Drug abuse |
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Marijuana |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p. 379-389 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [379]-389 |
| Subject |
Drug abuse.
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Drug addiction.
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Marijuana.
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Cannabis.
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Social Control, Formal.
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| LC no. |
75150009 |
| ISBN |
0674548353 |
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0674548361 (paperback) |
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