1st Edition

Marijuana

Edited By Erich Goode Copyright 2010
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

223 Pages
by Routledge

Marijuana seeks to bring to the reader the whole configuration of this problem, which, like the Sexual Revolution and the New Politics, was at the heart of the alienation felt by many young people during the second half of the 1960s and the fears of social breakdown voiced by many of their elders. The book, first published in 1969, describes the history of marijuana use, how the drug was... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition Preface Introduction: ERICH GOODE I. The Question of Motivation The Psychology of the Marijuana Smoker: DAVID P. AUSUBEL Dependence on Cannabis: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Marijuana Use and the Social Context: HOWARDS. BECKER II. Physiological Effects of Manjuana The Medical View: JEROME H. JAFFEE The Smoker's View: ANONYMOUS The Policeman's View: HARRY J. ANSLINGER and WILLIAM F. TOMPKINS III. The Connection Between Marijuana and Heroin Living Death: BUREAU OF NARCOTICS The Missing Link: EARLE ALBERT ROWELL and ROBERT ROWELL Marijuana Smoking as a Precursor of Opiate Addiction in the United States: JOHN c. BALL and CARL D. CHAMBERS Attitudes Toward Addiction: HERBERT BLUMER IV. The Dealer: Buying and Selling Marijuana The Pusher: EARLE ALBERT ROWELL and ROBERT ROWELL On Selling Marijuana: ANONYMOUS Green Grows the Grass on the Lower East Side: DON MCNEILL V. Marijuana in the Schools Marijuana and LSD on the Campus: RONALD S. KURTZ The High School Drug Problem: JAMES L. GODDARD and ALFRED BARNARD Drug Use Among Alfiuent High School Youth: RICHARD BROTMAN, IRVING SILVERMAN, and FRED SUFFET VI The Question of Legalization Down with Prohibition: THE EDITORS OF LE MAR Notes on the Use of Hashish: SHELDON CHOLST Should We Legalize Pot? DALE BECKETT Nightmare Drugs: DONALD LOURIA Marijuana and the American System: HENRY L. GIORDANO Marijuana and Legal Controls: DONALD E. MILLER VII. The Epistemology and Esthetics of Pot The Weed of Madness: EARLE ALBERT ROWELL and ROBERT ROWELL Some Thoughts on Marijuana and the Artist: ANONYMOUS Bibliography Index

Biography

Erich Goode