Cannabis Now

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JDPGRAHAM CANNABIS NOW Cannabis Now is a timely generál guide to the position of cannabis in today's society-particularly relevant owing to impending changes in lpgislation. It is written for social workers, probation officers, police and prison officers, members of the legal profession, family and hospitál doctors and nurses, school teachers, parents and all others who need background information to help them to deal with cannabis users. Cannabis Now alsó investigates the arguments put forward aböut its alieged harmfulness or harmlessness. Sufficient is now known about cannabis and its effects on man to permit of rational discussion, and public opinion on the seriousness of the offence of being in possession of the drug has matured. This is reflected in an alteration in sentencing policy by the courts, but now that the whole question of legislation regarding cannabis is under scrutiny, it is time for every one to be well informed. The book opens with a series of chapters which... Tovább

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JDPGRAHAM CANNABIS NOW Cannabis Now is a timely generál guide to the position of cannabis in today's society-particularly relevant owing to impending changes in lpgislation. It is written for social workers, probation officers, police and prison officers, members of the legal profession, family and hospitál doctors and nurses, school teachers, parents and all others who need background information to help them to deal with cannabis users. Cannabis Now alsó investigates the arguments put forward aböut its alieged harmfulness or harmlessness. Sufficient is now known about cannabis and its effects on man to permit of rational discussion, and public opinion on the seriousness of the offence of being in possession of the drug has matured. This is reflected in an alteration in sentencing policy by the courts, but now that the whole question of legislation regarding cannabis is under scrutiny, it is time for every one to be well informed. The book opens with a series of chapters which cover all aspects of cannabis as a plánt, a mythological drug, a chemical, a mind-disturbing intoxicant and a possible cause of harm or of gain to health; there follows a survey of the rapidly changing pattern of usage and of official reaction to this upsurge, and it concludes with suggestions to introduce an aspect of rationality into the current scéne. • I ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦ TShb .¦ ; Vissza