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Marihuana
The
Forbidden
Medicine:
Revised
and
Expanded
Edition
of
the
Landmark
Book
by
Grinspoon
and
Bakalar
11/15/97
In 1993, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, associate professor of psychiatry at
Harvard Medical School, and James Bakalar, associate editor of the Harvard
Mental Health Letter, came out with their landmark book, Marihuana The
Forbidden Medicine. Grinspoon and Bakalar provided an overview of the medical
uses of marijuana, with convincing case studies and interviews of patients
who had used it for treatment of a wide variety of conditions.
The revised and expanded edition of Marihuana The Forbidden Medicine
is now available. The list of conditions is more expansive, encompassing
the common conditions for which marijuana is used, as well as the less
common. Overall, the book reflects a new level of knowledge that has become
possible during the last four years as more and more patients have come
forward. It's hard to read Grinspoon and Bakalar's book and still swallow
the government line that marijuana's medical value is undetermined.
Marihuana The Forbidden Medicine is published by Yale University Press,
ISBN #0-30007085-3. Order a copy at your local bookstore, or even better,
ask them to put it on display! You can also order this and other books
by Grinspoon and Bakalar online at http://www.amazon.com.
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Issue #19, 11/15/97
NJ Needle Exchange Continues Legal Battle: Medical Necessity Defense Rejected By Judge | Virginia Pushes Envelope on Pain Control: Medical Society Calls For Greater Acceptance Of Narcotics | Marihuana The Forbidden Medicine: Revised and Expanded Edition of the Landmark Book by Grinspoon and Bakalar | Media Alert: Magazine Does Hatchet Job on San Francisco's Reform-Minded District Attorney | Events: The Reformer's Calendar Updated -- Events Coming Right Up! | Junior High Student Suspended for Supplying Cough Drop | Drug Czar "Sends a Message" to the Pentagon Over Anti- Drug Budget: Military Reluctant To Expand Drug War Involvement | Shultz And Friedman Tell California Cops "Drug War is a Dismal Failure" | Undercover Federal Narc Shoots Teen Holding Candy Bar | Consumption of (Legal) Alcohol Plunges | 18 Students Share Needle in Science Class | 51% of Canadians Favor Decriminalization of Marijuana | Clinton Removes Syria, Lebanon from List of Problem Drug Trafficking Nations | Rheumatoid Arthritis Sufferer Gets 9-Month Suspended Sentence in England | Colorado Governor Calls for Sentencing Reform: Prefers Alternatives to Incarceration and Educational Spending | Editorial: Youth are Victims of Drug War
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