Spliffing
Richard Davenport-Hines: Drugs, 2 November 2000
The Science of Marijuana
by Leslie Iversen.
Oxford, 278 pp., £18.99, April 2000,0 19 513123 1 Show More
by Leslie Iversen.
Oxford, 278 pp., £18.99, April 2000,
Drug Diplomacy in the 20th Century: An International History
by William McAllister.
Routledge, 344 pp., £16.99, September 1999,0 415 17989 0 Show More
by William McAllister.
Routledge, 344 pp., £16.99, September 1999,
The Control of Fuddle and Flash: A Sociological History of the Regulation of Alcohol and Opiates
by Jan-Willem Gerritsen.
Brill, 278 pp., €52, April 2000,90 04 11640 0 Show More
by Jan-Willem Gerritsen.
Brill, 278 pp., €52, April 2000,
Drugs and the Law: Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
Police Foundation, 148 pp., £20, March 2000,0 947692 47 9 Show More
Police Foundation, 148 pp., £20, March 2000,
“... supposedly ‘educated, articulate people’). Anslinger was lying. In The Science of Marijuana, Leslie Iversen has produced the most authoritative and up-to-date scientific assessment of the medical uses of cannabis now available. He recalls that cannabis was recommended for the treatment of constipation, gout, malaria, rheumatism and menstrual ... ”