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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 -- Poison Put in Cigarettes -- Mexico to Join U.S. in Fight on Drugs -- Marijuana Smoking Is Reported Safe -- Use of Marijuana Spreading in West -- Quotas -- War on Marihuana Urged on Parents -- Experts Discount Marijuana as Big Factor in Crime but Drive on It Will Be Pressed -- Marijuana Traffic Is on the Increase -- High Court Backs Tax on Marihuana -- House Group Votes Jail in Drug Cases -- City Seeks to Kill Marijuana Weeds -- CHAPTER 2 -- Narcotics a Growing Problem of Affluent Youth -- Four G.I.'s Are Accused of Possessing Narcotics, 20 Under Inquiry -- Drugs a Growing Campus Problem -- Police Look On as Hippies Stage a Park Smoke-In -- Marijuana Held a Public Hazard -- The Drug Scene: Many Students Now Regard Marijuana as a Part of Growing Up -- Pentagon Steps Up Fight on Drug Use in Vietnam -- Marihuana Reconsidered -- 'Decriminalizing' Marijuana -- Marijuana Study by U.S. Finds No Serious Harm -- Marijuana as Medicine -- Research on Marijuana Finds Many Risks, Some Benefits -- CHAPTER 3 -- New Parental Push Against Marijuana -- Marijuana as Medicine -- Anti-Drug Law: Words, Deeds, Political Expediency -- Bush, Citing Cost, Says Drug War Will Focus Largely on Education -- The High Hidden Costs of the War on Marijuana -- Booming Business: Drug Use Tests -- Doctors in Survey Support Marijuana Use by Cancer Patients -- Scientists Learn How Marijuana Works in Brain -- Costly and Scarce, Marijuana Is a High More Are Rejecting -- Medical Marijuana Use Winning Backing -- 5 States Vote Medical Use of Marijuana -- CHAPTER 4 -- Misguided Marijuana War -- The World: Up in Smoke -- The U.S. Bucks a Trend on Marijuana Laws -- Canada to Offer Marijuana to Medical Patients -- Justices Say U.S. May Prohibit the Use of Medical Marijuana.

"State governments are relaxing laws about marijuana use for both recreational and medicinal purposes. But just how harmless is this popular drug? This informative text explores the effects, dangers, and possible benefits of marijuana. Despite what many believe, users can become addicted to marijuana. When young people ingest marijuana, it may negatively affect the way their brain develops. However, marijuana might also help patients with cancer, AIDS, or epilepsy. This engaging title provides students with up-to-date information about all aspects of marijuana use and suggests age-appropriate resources for those struggling with marijuana addiction"--

"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 distributed in this country, the extent and patterns of its use by students and other groups, its possible connection with crime and drug addiction, and the widely differing arguments of its foes and supporters. It is replete with first-hand accounts by people who smoked and sold marijuana, as well as by those who studied the phenomenon from socio logical, psychiatric, legal, educational, and other viewpoints. Much of the work published on marijuana has dealt with its chemical, medical, pharmacological, and agricultural aspects. While these approaches are necessarily touched upon here, the focus of this still timely volume is sociological; it is the only anthology from the period to concentrate on this aspect, to present articles topically, and to deal with all points of view. The new introduction by the editor reviews contemporary uses of marijuana and discusses how attitudes about it have changes. Marijuana is a fascinating and informative book for everyone, and it is a particularly valuable addition to courses in introductory sociology, social problems, social deviance, disorganization, social pathology, and criminology."--Provided by publisher

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Foreword to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- A Brief History of Marijuana Anonymous -- Preamble -- Who Is a Marijuana Addict? -- The Twelve Questions of Marijuana Anonymous -- The Story of the Lotus Eaters -- A Doctor's Opinion about Marijuana Addiction -- The Twelve Steps of Marijuana Anonymous -- Chapter 1: Step One -- Chapter 2: Step Two -- Chapter 3: Step Three -- Chapter 4: Step Four -- Chapter 5: Step Five -- Chapter 6: Step Six -- Chapter 7: Step Seven -- Chapter 8: Step Eight -- Chapter 9: Step Nine -- Chapter 10: Step Ten -- Chapter 11: Step Eleven -- Chapter 12: Step Twelve -- The Twelve Traditions of Marijuana Anonymous -- Chapter 13: Tradition One -- Chapter 14: Tradition Two -- Chapter 15: Tradition Three -- Chapter 16: Tradition Four -- Chapter 17: Tradition Five -- Chapter 18: Tradition Six -- Chapter 19: Tradition Seven -- Chapter 20: Tradition Eight -- Chapter 21: Tradition Nine -- Chapter 22: Tradition Ten -- Chapter 23: Tradition Eleven -- Chapter 24: Tradition Twelve -- Our Stories -- Chapter 25: Started Off with a Bang -- Chapter 26: A Slave to Marijuana -- Chapter 27: I Came to Life -- Chapter 28: Freedom to Be Me -- Chapter 29: I Found MA Online -- Chapter 30: I'm Not an Addict -- Chapter 31: I Needed It to Feel Okay -- Chapter 32: Growing Pains -- Chapter 33: A Life Worth Living -- Chapter 34: My Best Thinking Got Me Here -- Chapter 35: Lightweight -- Chapter 36: Mommy Was Doing Drugs -- Chapter 37: You Are Never Alone -- Chapter 38: Coming Home -- Chapter 39: The God Thing -- Appendices -- Dangers of Cross Addiction -- The Twelve Questions of Marijuana Anonymous -- How It Works -- Our Awakening -- The Twelve Traditions of Marijuana Anonymous -- The Twelve Concepts for Service in Marijuana Anonymous -- Serenity Prayer.

While at least a dozen state legislatures are considering bills to allow the consumption of marijuana for medicinal purposes, the federal government has recently intensified its efforts to close medical marijuana dispensaries. Federal officials contend that the legalization of medical marijuana encourages teenagers to use marijuana and have targeted dispensaries operating within 1,000 feet of schools, parks and playgrounds. Using data from the national and state Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 and the Treatment Episode Data Set, we estimate the relationship between medical marijuana laws and marijuana use. Our results are not consistent with the hypothesis that legalization leads to increased use of marijuana by teenagers.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Marijuana Versus Synthetic Marijuana -- A History of Marijuana Abuse -- Synthetic Marijuana In The Twenty-First Century -- Treatment For Marijuana Abuse -- The Future of Marijuana Abuse -- Glossary -- For More Information -- For Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover