Cannabis (seeing through the smoke): The New Science of Cannabis and Your Health

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Nutt isn't a libertarian absolutist who wants all drugs freed, but uses the multiple government investigation mandates he was spearheading to find actual data on harm from many spectrums, not just direct drug harm but societal consequences and costs. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). A Serving of Crime with a Difference - You May Just Discover Something Unique, Different, or Unusual in These 20 Crime Novels. Nor that although its medical use is authorized in the UK, the NHS and physicians are not prescribing it. David Nutt is Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology and director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Brain Sciences at Imperial College, London.

In addition, he is a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and of Psychiatrists and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. This is the essential knowledge that cuts through the noise and give us evidence-based information that will change people’s lives. With a wealth of evidence-based information, he provides an honest and authoritative guide to understanding the plant and its uses, making this book essential reading for anyone interested in the most up-to-date and reliable information about cannabis.The drug became illegal due to propaganda from the US where the world turned against the drug after a clever propaganda campaign in the US, where the end of alcohol prohibition in 1933 threatened many police jobs. Much needed mythbusting regarding the schizophrenia link (old and misleading study, large increase in use not followed by population wide increase in schizophrenia). When government regulation indirectly leads to more harm, as in the case with cannabis increasing potency and getting synthetic alternatives popular because of ease of access and not popping drug tests, he points out how one led to the other.

By focusing on the most critical purported harms--driving, pregnancy, addictiveness, memory--and by focusing on the most commonly cited medical benefits--relieving chronic pain, sleep, anxiety, PTSD, autism, and cancer--Seeing Through the Smoke will help patients, parents, doctors, health experts, regulators, and politicians move beyond biased perceptions and arrive at a shared reality towards cannabis. By focusing on the most critical purported harms—driving, pregnancy, addictiveness, memory—and by focusing on the most commonly cited medical benefits—relieving chronic pain, sleep, anxiety, PTSD, autism, and cancer— Seeing Through the Smoke will help patients, parents, doctors, health experts, regulators, and politicians move beyond biased perceptions and arrive at a shared reality towards cannabis. Sadly, we are surrounded by politicians in the Daily Mail and similar newspapers speaking utter nonsense and causing significant harm with their emotional stories and blinded to clear evidence that shows we need to be using this as a treatment. Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the main psychoactive component of cannabis but cannabis plants contain more than 400 chemicals.And thus, along with Harry Jacob Anslinger who was a United States government official who served as the first commissioner of the U. Graphs and informational asides also feature prominently and add to the rounded feeling of information imparted by the authors unto the reader. Peter Grinspoon has written a delightfully readable, informative, and timely book that shines a clear light through this maze of misunderstandings. Professor Nutt chaired the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) from 2000 until 2009, when he was sacked for publicly stating evidence-based views that conflicted with Government policy. Yet people in numerous countries, including the US, Holland, Belgium and Germany, can access medical marijuana, while several states across the US have legalised recreational cannabis.

We use essential, performance, functional and advertising cookies to give you a better web experience. A 5,000-year-old Chinese document has described the plant as useful in treating more than 100 conditions. In terms of content, the book makes a compelling argument in favour of reassessing the centrality of ‘gold standard’ RCTs (Randomised Controlled Trials) when it comes to the development of new medicines and treatments. He has edited the Journal of Psychopharmacology for over two decades and acts as the psychiatry drugs advisor to the British National Formulary.A powerfully-argued and persuasive, science-based argument in favour of legalisation and state regulation of cannabis. Peter Grinspoon is uniquely qualified to dispense verifiable knowledge about cannabis use and misuse as both prescriber of therapeutic cannabis to qualified medical patients and a councilor to cannabis misusers. TREATMENT: People with a range of pain difficulties and epilepsy, cancer and other horrific conditions have been successfully treated with cannabis when other medical treatments have failed or had much worse side effects. Previously he has been a member and then Chair of the Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD - 1998-2009), a member of the HEFCE/NHS Senior Lecturer Selection Panel and of the MRC Neuroscience Board. is a primary care physician and cannabis specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Overall though, the book is a good read and will make a great resource for students, patients, doctors, activists – anyone interested in cannabis and drug policy.Peter Grinspoon breaks down the myths and misconceptions surrounding cannabis as only a true expert can. Peter Grinspoon is an ex-addict, marijuana enthusiast, and cannabis prescribing physician with a professional and moral obligation to know and tell the truth about cannabis’ relationship to driving, pregnancy, psychosis, autism, addiction, sleep, cancer, and much more. People who need insulin for diabetes are not addicts even though they are dependent on the medicine to stay well,” says Professor Nutt.