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9780521800242

Cannabis Use and Dependence: Public Health and Public Policy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521800242

  • ISBN10:

    0521800242

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-12-22
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

The use of cannabis in the late twentieth and this century is an area of medical and moral controversy. Despite its illegality, cannabis is the most widely used drug after alcohol and tobacco among young adults in the USA, Europe and Australia. This book explores the relationship between health policy, public health and the law regarding cannabis use. It assesses the impact of illegality in drug use and relates this to contemporary policy analysis in Australia, the UK, the US and other developed societies. It evaluates current debates about 'safe use' and 'harm minimization' approaches, as well as examining the experiences of different prevention, treatment and education policies. Written by two leading drug advisors Cannabis Use and Dependence makes a valuable addition to this important field of research.

Author Biography

Rosalie Liccardo Pacula is an Economist with the RAND Corporation and a Research Fellow with the United States National Bureau of Economic Research.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Cannabis the drug
3. Patterns of use
4. The acute effects of cannabis intoxication
5. The chronic health effects of cannabis use
6. The effects of cannabis use on adolescent development
7. Psychological effects of chronic cannabis use
8. The benefits of cannabis use
9. An overall appraisal of the health risks and benefits of cannabis use
10. The harms caused by cannabis prohibition
11. Proposals for cannabis law reform
12. Reducing the harm of cannabis use under prohibition.

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