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Weed Science: Cannabis Controversies and Challenges de Godfrey Pearlson

Weed Science: Cannabis Controversies and Challenges

Autor Godfrey Pearlson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iul 2020

Evoluția rapidă a cadrului legislativ internațional privind canabisul a creat un decalaj informațional între entuziasmul public și certitudinea științifică. Remarcăm în lucrarea Weed Science o încercare riguroasă de a acoperi acest vid, transformând o dezbatere adesea polarizată într-o analiză factuală. Subliniem faptul că autorul Godfrey Pearlson nu se limitează la o perspectivă pur medicală, ci ancorează fenomenul într-un context istoric și cultural vast, pornind de la festivalurile hinduse și terminând cu mecanismele economice ale unei piețe în curs de legalizare.

Cititorii familiarizați cu Marijuana on My Mind de Timmen Cermak vor aprecia în acest volum rigoarea aplicată neuroștiinței; în timp ce Cermak se concentrează pe experiența subiectivă și dilemele parentale, Pearlson plonjează în datele oferite de scanările PET și MRI pentru a explica exact cum interacționează THC-ul cu receptorii cerebrali. Structura cărții urmărește o progresie logică: debutează cu bazele biologice ale sistemului endocanabinoid, trece prin psihologia consumului și riscurile toxicologice, pentru ca în final să evalueze dovezile clinice pentru utilizarea medicală.

Merită menționat că textul evită jargonul academic arid, fiind accesibil și profesioniștilor din sănătate, dar și publicului larg interesat de sănătate publică. Lucrarea analizează critic diferențele dintre „știința bună” și „știința slabă”, oferind cititorului instrumentele necesare pentru a evalua riscurile pe termen lung, în special în cazul expunerii în perioada adolescenței sau a sarcinii. Este o resursă esențială pentru înțelegerea modului în care canabinoizii sintetici și noile metode de extracție modifică profilul de siguranță al celei mai consumate substanțe ilicite la nivel mondial.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780128181744
ISBN-10: 0128181745
Pagini: 326
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE

Public țintă

Popular science readers, everybody who lived through the 60s, stoners, parents, young adults, physicians and healthcare professionals, college counselors, social workers, educators, legislators, scientists of all types and public policy professionals

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm Weed Science oricărui cititor care dorește să depășească miturile despre canabis. Veți câștiga o înțelegere clară, bazată pe dovezi, despre cum afectează marijuana creierul, riscurile reale de sănătate mintală și validitatea utilizărilor medicale. Este un ghid indispensabil pentru părinți, educatori și profesioniști în politici publice care au nevoie de date concrete într-o eră a legalizării iminente.

Descriere scurtă

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT MARIJUANA AND HOW DO WE KNOW IT? Marijuana is the most frequently consumed illicit drug worldwide, with over 158.8 million users, according to the UN. Responding to public pressure, the US federal government is likely to legalize recreational marijuana within the next few years. With increasing numbers of people using cannabis both medically and recreationally there are many looming questions that only science can answer. These include:
  • 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?


  • Reviews the endocannabinoid system and why our bodies are full of "weed receptors"
  • Introduces readers to the various forms of marijuana: flower, dabs, hash, edibles, shatter, vapes, tinctures, oils and synthetics, THC, CBD and terpenes.
  • Demonstrates how and why cannabis affects different people very differently. Discusses how MRI and PET scans can help show the effects of marijuana on the brain.
  • Discusses long-term effects of adolescent and adult cannabis use.
  • Examines the evidence for cannabis’s role in increasing the risk for schizophrenia-like illnesses.

Cuprins

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

Recenzii

"…the great surprise about Weed Science is the writing. Most readers, myself among them, struggle to slog through the numbing jargon of journal articles - they can often be as dry as that old bag of marijuana that was stashed in the garage three years ago and forgotten. Dr. Pearlson is a fine writer with a well-honed sense of humor that adds some sheen to material that could otherwise come off as dutifully academic. Even though he takes science seriously he also makes it enjoyable - no easy feat." --Joe Dolce, Author, Brave New Weed: Adventures into the Uncharted World of Cannabis
"Dr. Pearlson clearly does not have an ax to grind nor does he come across as a proponent of legalization. This book reads as if the author enjoyed writing it, and not surprisingly, it is a book that is fun to read. The book is informative – even for someone who already has expertise in this area – covering topic as diverse as how to evaluate research on the health effects of cannabis and how cannabinoids work in the brain and body. I can totally see my students enjoying this book. For my future cannabis and health courses at the University of Colorado as well as my courses on Coursera, I will be recommending this book!" -- Kent Hutchison, PhD, Professor of Ssychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Founder of the Center for Research and Education Addressing Cannabis and Health. (Dr. Hutchison served on the 2016 National Academy of Sciences committee that published a comprehensive report on the health effects of cannabis.)
"Weed Science concisely and clearly lays out a breadth of information concerning marijuana and the biological systems upon which it acts, ranging from the history of its use to the evolutionary biology of the endocannabinoid system. Complex topics such as the possible causal role of marijuana exposure to schizophrenia are presented in an analytical evidence-based manner reminding us that correlation is not the same as cause and that in this case common underlying factors might be at the basis of both mental illness and drug use, while the two can then interact and amplify each other. The potential medicinal properties of the principal cannabinoids, THC and CBD, are examined in detail while reminding us that effects could depend on dosage as well as underlying condition. This book is written in a manner that is both accessible to the literate lay reader, to the interested student, and the academic. I plan to recommended Weed Science as a must read at UC San Diego's Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research." -- Igor Grant MD Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at UC San Diego.
"Weed Science is a highly informative, engaging and up-to-date journey through the history, epidemiology, toxicology, psychology, neuroscience, and economics of cannabis. Dr. Pearlson is a superb writer who cleverly engages us with an informal, down-to-earth, and accessible style that takes us through a thoughtful journey of all things cannabis. Unlike the usual dense tomb of complex words and overwhelming facts that can quickly dull a read, Dr. Pearlson shares his experiences, knowledge and own research with a twinkle in his eye, cleverly pacing the reader through light and engaging narratives with more science-oriented sections. To end the book, Dr. Pearlson presents a well-considered set of policy recommendations for cannabis regulation." -- Bryon Adinoff, MD. Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (retired). Clinical Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus