The new social drug: cultural, medical and legal perspectives on marijuana / edited by David E. Smith.

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1970], ©1970.

vi, 186 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

1. Pharmacology and classification: Clinical and psychological effects of marijuana in man, by A.T. Weil, N.E. Zinberg, and J.M. Nelson. Pharmacologic effects of marijuana, by F.H. Myers. 2. The issue of marijuana abuse: Use of marijuana in the Haight-Ashbury subculture, by J.F.E. Shick, D.E. Smith, and F.H. Meyers. An analysis of marijuana toxicity, by D.E. Smith and C. Mehl.--3. Marijuana as a social issue: Social and epidemiological aspects of marijuana use, by G. Geis. Marijuana use among the new Bohemians, by J.T. Carey. U.S. marijuana legislation and the creation of a social problem, by R.C. Smith.--Privacy and the marijuana laws, by M.A. Town. An approach to marijuana legislation, by W.H. McGlothlin.--5. [i.e. 4.] Marijuana as a political issue: Running out of era: some non-pharmacological notes on the psychedelic revolution, by M. Messer. Marijuana and the politics of reality, by E. Goode.

Includes bibliographical references.