Screen LibraryStoned : a doctor's case for medical marijuana /
"In Stoned, palliative care physician Dr. David Casarett sets out to do anything-- including experimenting on himself-- to find evidence of marijuana's medical potential. He smears mysterious marijuana paste on his legs and samples pot wine. He poses as a patient at a seedy California clin...
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Current, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"In Stoned, palliative care physician Dr. David Casarett sets out to do anything-- including experimenting on himself-- to find evidence of marijuana's medical potential. He smears mysterious marijuana paste on his legs and samples pot wine. He poses as a patient at a seedy California clinic and takes lessons from an artisanal hash maker. In conversations with researchers, doctors, and patients around the world he learns how marijuana works-- and doesn't-- in the real world."--Book jacket. |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 289 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781591847670 1591847672 |
| Index Number: | RM666 |
| CLC: | R979.9 |
| Call Number: | R979.9/C335 |
| Contents: |
blacksmith and the boxer -- girl who talked to cats : marijuana's benefits for the brain -- woman with knives in her neck : marijuana's benefits for the body -- Beer and brownies -- Bongs and budder -- Reefer madness -- Bodily harm -- Caveat emptor -- future of medical marijuana -- long strange trip -- brief marijuana glossary -- world's best (and simplest) brownie recipe. |