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Author:   Godfrey Pearlson (Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Director, Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, Hartford, CT, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9780128181744

ISBN 10:   0128181745
Pages:   326
Publication Date:   14 July 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction - how the author became acquainted with cannabis 2. Good Science and Bad Science - how science helps us think about contentious social issues 3. Holi - what an ancient Hindu festival can teach us about safe marijuana use 4. Archaeology and Ethnobotany - the long historical relationship humans have with cannabis 5. Neuroscience - the endocannabinoid system, how it evolved and what it does 6. Psychology + Human Behavior - what is it like to be stoned and what goes on in our brains when we are? 7. Epidemiology - what can population studies tell us about cannabis risks? 8. Toxicology - cannabis’ side effects and how they occur. Synthetic cannabinoids 9. Chemical Analysis and Extraction - the eternal quest for a higher high 10. Medical Marijuana and Clinical Trials - what’s the evidence for marijuana as a medicine? 11. Economic/Business -who stands to gain and to lose, if cannabis is legalized in the US? 12. Summary/Conclusion - harm reduction; lessons from ending alcohol prohibition and from what’s going on in Canada

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...the great surprise about Weed Science is the writing. Most readers, myself among them, struggle to slog through the numbing jargon of journal articles - they can often be as dry as that old bag of marijuana that was stashed in the garage three years ago and forgotten. Dr. Pearlson is a fine writer with a well-honed sense of humor that adds some sheen to material that could otherwise come off as dutifully academic. Even though he takes science seriously he also makes it enjoyable - no easy feat. --Joe Dolce, author, Brave New Weed: Adventures into the Uncharted World of Cannabis

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Godfrey Pearlson, award-winning physician and researcher, completed his medical degree at Newcastle University in the UK and a graduate philosophy degree at Columbia University in NYC. He trained in psychiatry and was subsequently a psychiatry professor at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at Yale University and directs a brain research center at the Institute of Living in Connecticut. He has published over 700 peer-reviewed scientific articles and his marijuana research is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration. Dr. Pearlson is an expert in the fields of marijuana and of psychosis. He believes that any political platforms regarding cannabis should be based on scientific facts rather than emotion.

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