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Berenson, Alex.
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Marijuana abuse -- United States.
Marijuana abuse -- Complications.
Marijuana -- Physiological effect.
Marijuana -- Psychological aspects.
Marijuana -- Toxicology.
Marijuana -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Drug legalization -- United States.
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Berenson, Alex.
Marijuana abuse -- United States.
Marijuana abuse -- Complications.
Marijuana -- Physiological effect.
Marijuana -- Psychological aspects.
Marijuana -- Toxicology.
Marijuana -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Drug legalization -- United States.
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Tell your children : the truth about
marijuana
, mental illness, and violence / Alex Berenson.
by
Berenson, Alex.
Free Press, 2019.
Call #:
362.295 B489t
Subjects
Marijuana
abuse
--
United States.
Marijuana
abuse
--
Complications
.
Marijuana
--
Physiological effect.
Marijuana
--
Psychological aspects.
Marijuana
--
Toxicology.
Marijuana
--
Law and legislation
--
United States.
Drug legalization
--
United States.
ISBN:
9781982103668 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Truth about
marijuana
, mental illness, and violence
Edition:
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Description:
xxxvii, 232 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Introduction: Everything you're about to read is true
--
Then and now. Madness on two continents
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Schizophrenia, (mis)understood
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Getting high n the 1970s
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The first real proof
--
Medical
marijuana
wins
--
Proof. A round-the-world search for evidence
--
An unlikely theory gains traction
--
Study after study after study
--
Stories from the front lines
--
An epidemic arrives
--
The red tide. Laboratory studies, real-world facts
--
Axes and knives
--
One bad trip
--
Myths, spreading
--
Epilogue: What now?
Summary:
An eye-opening report from an award-winning author and former New York Times reporter reveals the link between teenage
marijuana
use and mental illness, and a hidden epidemic of violence caused by the drug--facts the media have ignored as the United States rushes to legalize cannabis.
"An eye-opening report from an award-winning author and former New York Times reporter reveals the link between teenage
marijuana
use and mental illness, and a hidden epidemic of violence caused by the drug--facts the media have ignored as the United States rushes to legalize cannabis. Recreational
marijuana
is now legal in nine states. Almost all Americans believe the drug should be legal for medical use. Advocates argue cannabis can help everyone from veterans to cancer sufferers. But legalization has been built on myths- that
marijuana
arrests fill prisons; that most doctors want to use cannabis as medicine; that it can somehow stem the opiate epidemic; that it is not just harmless but beneficial for mental health. In this meticulously reported book, Alex Berenson, a former New York Times reporter, explodes those myths: Almost no one is in prison for
marijuana
; A tiny fraction of doctors write most authorizations for medical
marijuana
, mostly for people who have already used;
Marijuana
use is linked to opiate and cocaine use. Since 2008, the US and Canada have seen soaring
marijuana
use and an opiate epidemic. Britain has falling
marijuana
use and no epidemic; Most of all, THC--the chemical in
marijuana
responsible for the drug's high--can cause psychotic episodes. After decades of studies, scientists no longer seriously debate if
marijuana
causes psychosis. Psychosis brings violence, and cannabis-linked violence is spreading. In the four states that first legalized, murders have risen 25 percent since legalization, even more than the recent national increase. In Uruguay, which allowed retail sales in July 2017, murders have soared this year. Berenson's reporting ranges from the London institute that is home to the scientists who helped prove the cannabis-psychosis link to the Colorado prison where a man now serves a thirty-year sentence after eating a THC-laced candy bar and killing his wife. He sticks to the facts, and they are devastating. With the US already gripped by one drug epidemic, this book will make readers reconsider if
marijuana
use is worth the risk."--From publisher.
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