So much money has been made that if you put every dollar on top of each other it would reach 1/4 of the way to the moon. Peter Grinspoon has written a delightfully readable, informative, and timely book that shines a clear light through this maze of misunderstandings. Seeing through the Smoke has something for everyone – from the novice to the expert and everyone in between with an interest in cannabis. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Professor Nutt chaired the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) from 2000 until 2009, when he was sacked for publicly stating evidence-based views that conflicted with Government policy.

Moving through an illuminating tour of the social history and the medical science behind cannabis, Grinspoon unpacks the layers of disinformation left by a sordid history of government propaganda, racial suppression, and indifference from the medical community to answer questions like:Is cannabis addictive? A powerfully-argued and persuasive, science-based argument in favour of legalisation and state regulation of cannabis. Many countries do now approve cannabis drugs for some forms of epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, Parkinson's. The plant’s chemical composition depends on the variety, preparation, growing conditions and harvesting, 1 so medical cannabis is usually a standardised oil. We are currently in a war on drugs, and this has only resulted with more people taking cannabis, a black market, and stronger cannabis, as well as criminalising and blotting people's lives with a criminal record.He is quoted frequently in the national media, in such venues as People , the New York Times, New York Magazine , the Washington Post, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, and the Boston Globe . Steeped in a deep pharmacological understanding of cannabis and aided by up-to-date analysis of scientific cannabis-related studies, Seeing through the Smoke amplifies a voice trusted by both sides of the ongoing debate about functional and responsible cannabis policies post-prohibition. Giving us a big chunk of medical data, recreational regulated markets and harm reductionist policies to draw experience from. previously he has been President of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP), the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) and the British Association of Psychopharmacology (BAP). We need to move medical cannabis from Schedule 2 to Schedule 4 [of the Misuse of Drugs Act] and allow GPs to prescribe.

He is the author of the groundbreaking memoir Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction , was the expert witness in the successful citizens’ 2019 lawsuit against the Massachusetts “Vape Ban” and a special consultant on addiction issues to Jagged Little Pill’ ’s pre-Broadway run at the American Repertory Theater. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. Also the book was written so you can read each chapter on its own, allowing you to read only the topics which interest / apply to you, but this has lead to quite some repetition. Prohibition always leads to stronger forms of a substance – in prohibition US they didn’t make more beer, they made gin.

When I was a child, I saw my great uncle, a physician, helping my cousin to clean and prepare his medicine – pot– so he could tolerate his chemotherapy treatments. UK's point of view, talked about here extensively, reminds me strongly of how it looked like in Poland. Americans have spent more on this than anything else to stop Pablo Escobar and yet he's managed to flood the USA with 80 tons of cocaine every month. Grinspoon's Harvard Health articles have reached tens of millions of readers, have been widely referenced in the national media, and have been cited in congressional testimony. A great book pulling together all the REAL EVIDENCE on cannabis to inform rather than political propaganda to mislead.

In this balanced and measured investigation, Cannabis specialist and Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School Dr. With a wealth of evidence-based information, he provides an honest and authoritative guide to understanding the plant and its uses, making this book essential reading for anyone interested in the most up-to-date and reliable information about cannabis.What we need to acknowledge, and something that we have known since millennia is that cannabis can be a highly effective medicine. Graphs and informational asides also feature prominently and add to the rounded feeling of information imparted by the authors unto the reader. The consequent lack of scientific studies into medical uses of the substance over recent decades is a huge and shameful loss to many suffering from pain and other conditions.

Recommended reading for anyone working in the cannabis industry to develop your knowledge in this area.Seeing through the Smoke clearly lays out the case for cannabis as a medicine while thoughtfully and calmly outlining its risks. Always seek qualified medical advice before making or advising changes to conventional treatment plans. With the benefit of 30+ years as a leading neuroscientist and pharmacologist, David Nutt here reaches a lay audience with straight science in an accessible manner. The UK Government has persisted with prohibition policies, which … have not reduced the consumption of cannabis,” says Professor Nutt, and may exacerbate harms and fuel crime. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives.