Cannabis Use and Dependence
Subtitle: Public Health and Public Policy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 22, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780521800242
Subjects: Addiction & therapy; Drug addiction & substance abuse; Nursing; Psychology; Public health & preventive medicine; Social Science; Health aspects; Sociology; United States; Substance Abuse & Addictions - General; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Drug control; Cannabis; Medical policy; Narcotics, Control of
First sentence: For over thirty years there has been a recurrent debate in Australia (Senate Standing Committee on Social Welfare, 1977), Canada (Canadian Government Commission of Inquiry, 1970), the United Kingdom (Advisory Committee on Drug Dependence, 1968), and the USA (National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, 1972) about whether these societies should continue to prohibit the use of cannabis by adults.