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Marijuana: Examining the Facts (Contemporary Debates) by Karen T. Van Gundy; Michael S. Staunton is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Drawing on scientific evidence from medicine, psychology, criminology, and sociology, this book explores the veracity of claims about marijuana use and misuse. Is marijuana an innocent recreational pleasure and medicinal boon or an evil that must be outlawed to protect the American public? With the legal and social status of marijuana in transition, accurate and objective information regarding its use is necessary for informed decisionmaking in both the personal and political arenas. To distinguish truth from fiction, this book draws on scientific evidence from medicine, psychology, criminology, and sociology, exploring many of the most commonly held beliefs about marijuana and documenting the scope and impact of its use—and abuse—in the United States. The work is organized around five broad topics: patterns and trends; risks and benefits; causes and consequences; criminalization; and practice and policy. It opens with examinations of use and abuse trends among various U.S. subpopulations, then goes on to scrutinize claims about the medical risks associated with the substance. Social and interpersonal causes and consequences of marijuana use are addressed, as is the history and fut

Who reads Marijuana: Examining the Facts (Contemporary Debates)?

Author

Karen T. Van Gundy; Michael S. Staunton

Publisher

ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9798216114871

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Health & Fitness, Law, Social Science