...The brain makes its own marijuana. Of course, no one knew this until recently. Thus, for many thousands of years our ancestors harvested or cultivated marijuana-producing plants in order to experience euphoria, which is the brain's response to the stimulation of its own marijuana neurotransmitter...

..., medical marijuana, climate governance, and the No Child Left Behind, Endangered Species, Clean Water, Clean Air, Real ID, Coastal Zone Management, and Medicaid Acts. Balanced Federalism executive branch federalism federalism bargaining political branches Supreme Court Congress Wechsler Herbert...

... become a nation of too many laws, where citizens retain precious few pockets of individual liberty. With a close analysis of urgent constitutional questions—abortion, physician-assisted suicide, medical marijuana, gay marriage, cloning, and drug policy—she shows how current constitutional interpretation...

... detained by the Vietnamese who were discussed in the previous chapter, Deeds and Delance did not survive their incarceration. In addition, this chapter also discusses the dangers of piracy in marijuana smuggling operations. By the late 1970s, pirates had posed enough of a threat that a handful of scammers...

..., given that the simpler, more informal deals became less and less financially viable over time as, among other things, crackdowns on drug smuggling became ever more persistent. It took law enforcement many years to realize that marijuana smugglers, unlike the heroin lords and the cocaine cowboys, were...

...The War on Drugs has above all targeted drug traffickers. For decades, drug dealers have been vilified, arrested, and imprisoned. Yet their numbers remain relatively stable. While authorities wage their wars on crack cocaine, heroin, and marijuana, at least some people, and not just drug users...

... Leone Afghanistan Democratic Republic of the Congo Florida Nepal African Americans Back to the Land movement Duvall Chris San Francisco California Hawaii Michoacán Mexico Thailand timber industry University of California Berkeley Vietnam Campaign Against Marijuana Planting CAMP Counter...

.... The chapter discusses heroin, cocaine, tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, hallucinogens, and other drugs. Heroin use Neurobiology Substance use disorders Animal models of substance use disorders Brain Compulsive disorders in drug addiction Impulse control disorder Reward center dysregulation Cravings...

...Oxford University Press The association between marijuana use and several mental health outcomes is examined, with particular reference to commonly held views on the lack of proof for a causal basis. Rather than relying on a single, key criterion for proof of causation, a collective approach...

...Oxford University Press This chapter reviews the literature pertaining to the concern that regular smoking of marijuana contributes to the well-known respiratory consequences of regular tobacco smoking, including, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and respiratory cancer. Whereas regular...

... disorder (PTSD). He reluctantly took his prescribed drugs and turned to marijuana to self-medicate. This chapter narrates Tim's struggles all throughout high school: his failed extra-curricula endeavors, his marijuana possession, along with several suspensions and detentions due to bad behavior. By the end...

....  N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) in young marijuana users: An open-label pilot study. The American Journal on Addictions/American Academy of Psychiatrists in Alcoholism and Addictions . 2010 ;19(2):187–189. doi:10.1111/j.1521-0391.2009.00027.x. C6.P81 20163391 000274621100011...

...This chapter looks at the Carter administration, which is noted to have ended with an irresolute drug policy. Jimmy Carter is shown to have had an open mind about marijuana; this soon changed as the political and social climate caused a withdrawal of support for marijuana decriminalization...

...Understandings of marijuana and its effects were highly consistent, but the “madness” triggered by this drug, which often resulted in delirious acts of violence, was almost taken for granted by most Mexican sources. This chapter seeks to explain why somehow, prior to the drug's prohibition...

...Oxford University Press Marijuana (Cannabis sativa) is the most widely used illicit drug worldwide, with 18.7% of Americans reporting past month use in 2012 and 4.3 million meeting criteria for dependence. People who were adolescents through the 1960s and 1970s, when cannabis use doubled, are now...

...This chapter discusses the effects of recreational drugs, specifically marijuana, and performance-enhancing drugs in professional sports. To that end, this chapter highlights how these types of drugs have impacted society, athletes, team owners, and sport leagues. In addition, it provides a robust...

... lupus erythematosus (SLE), and abuse of substances such as cocaine and marijuana. All of these can have considerable implications on peripartum physiology and the subsequent anesthesia management of pregnant patients with these conditions. The goal here is not for comprehensiveness, but rather to give...

... and positions on a policy question to a broader civic audience. This chapter focuses on two such examples, elective abortion and medical marijuana. The public square of moral reasoning within LDS teaching is constructed by principles of engaged citizenship, separation, and the moral core. The question...

...For Louis Armstrong, 1931 was an especially bad year. Amid a soaring career, New Orleans’s most famous jazz celebrity encountered a number of difficulties that began with his arrest for possession of marijuana in Los Angeles. After receiving a warning and a suspended sentence, Armstrong found...

... study) yielded even higher estimates of use and a similar sharp increase in that period. Marijuana use is by far the leading drug abuse problem among adolescents and has been so for the past twenty-five years. This chapter explores the demand for marijuana among a nationally representative sample...