Awards
- Winner of A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2004.
Overview
Marijuana is the world's most popular illicit drug yet remains largely misunderstood by both its advocates and its detractors. This important new book examines the biological, psychological, and societal impact of this controversial substance. Earleywine separates science from opinion to show how marijuana defies easy dichotomies. This book is the definitive primer on marijuana.
Full Product Details
Author: Mitch Earleywine (Associate Professor of Clinical Science and Director of Clinical Training in Psychology, University of Southern California)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.492kg
ISBN: 9780195182958
ISBN 10: 0195182952
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 14 April 2005
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Earleywine ... has contributed a well-balanced, up-to-date, and scholarly overview of this controversial and illegal controlled substance ... and the scientific evidence of its biological, psychological, and societal impacts. ... Earleywine's highly readable book clears up some common marijuana myths and helps readers to better evaluate and understand the current cannabis debate. This volume will be a welcome addition to college and university libraries. -Choice a valuable and instructive resource for anyone interested in cannabis and/or the reform of marijuana laws. The book achieves its objective of providing a balanced and definitive primer on the most widely used illicit substance in the United States...[and] convincingly debunks many widely held myths. -Jon Gettman, High Times a well-balanced, up-to-date, non-specialist book that should appeal to a wide audience. -Nature
a well-balanced, up-to-date, non-specialist book that should appeal to a wide audience. -Nature a valuable and instructive resource for anyone interested in cannabis and/or the reform of marijuana laws. The book achieves its objective of providing a balanced and definitive primer on the most widely used illicit substance in the United States...[and] convincingly debunks many widely held myths. -Jon Gettman, High Times Earleywine ... has contributed a well-balanced, up-to-date, and scholarly overview of this controversial and illegal controlled substance ... and the scientific evidence of its biological, psychological, and societal impacts. ... Earleywine's highly readable book clears up some common marijuana myths and helps readers to better evaluate and understand the current cannabis debate. This volume will be a welcome addition to college and university libraries. -Choice
Author Information
Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Clinical Science and Director of Clinical Training in Psychology at the University of Southern California. He has received nine teaching awards for his courses on drugs and human behavior and is a leading researcher in psychology and addictions. He is Associate Editor of The Behavior Therapist.
