- What's likely to happen, both good and bad, if the US legalizes marijuana?
- What are some simple, science-based rules to separate fact from fiction and to help guide policy in the highly contentious marijuana debate?
- Exactly what is cannabis doing in the brain that gets us high? A journey through THC neuroscience
- Does cannabis really have medical benefits - what's the evidence?
- To what extent does cannabis impair driving?
- Can smoking marijuana in adolescence affect IQ or risk for developing schizophrenia?
- Is marijuana safe to use during pregnancy?
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction how the author became acquainted with cannabis2. Good Science and Bad Science how science helps us think about contentious social issues3. Holi what an ancient Hindu festival can teach us about safe marijuana use4. Archaeology and Ethnobotany the long historical relationship humans have with cannabis5. Neuroscience the endocannabinoid system, how it evolved and what it does6. Psychology + Human Behavior what is it like to be stoned and what goes on in our brains when we are?7. Epidemiology what can population studies tell us about cannabis risks?8. Toxicology cannabis' side effects and how they occur. Synthetic cannabinoids9. Chemical Analysis and Extraction the eternal quest for a higher high10. Medical Marijuana and Clinical Trials what's the evidence for marijuana as a medicine?11. Economic/Business -who stands to gain and to lose, if cannabis is legalized in the US?12. Summary/Conclusion harm reduction; lessons from ending alcohol prohibition and from what's going on in Canada