Drugs in American SocietyThis edition probes the drug phenomenon in all its social, cultural and legal complexity. It covers the full range of psychoactive drug use, from legal medical and prescription use to criminal, recreational use, from casual use to addiction. |
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... cannabis , because it is taken from a plant with the botanical name , Cannabis sativa ( or , less often , a related plant , Cannabis indica ) . Moreover , mar- ijuana is not even technically a drug ; it is a vegetable substance that ...
... cannabis , because it is taken from a plant with the botanical name , Cannabis sativa ( or , less often , a related plant , Cannabis indica ) . Moreover , mar- ijuana is not even technically a drug ; it is a vegetable substance that ...
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... Cannabis sativa or , less commonly , Cannabis indica . The cannabis plant contains some 400 chemicals ; 61 of them , called cannbinoids , are found nowhere else . Since so many chemicals are found in marijuana , its effects , as we ...
... Cannabis sativa or , less commonly , Cannabis indica . The cannabis plant contains some 400 chemicals ; 61 of them , called cannbinoids , are found nowhere else . Since so many chemicals are found in marijuana , its effects , as we ...
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... cannabis as medicine can be found in ancient texts from China , India , Persia , Assyria , Egypt , Greece , and Rome . In the United States , cannabis was listed as a medicine in official government pharmacopoeia , a catalogue of ...
... cannabis as medicine can be found in ancient texts from China , India , Persia , Assyria , Egypt , Greece , and Rome . In the United States , cannabis was listed as a medicine in official government pharmacopoeia , a catalogue of ...
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Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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