Cannabis (seeing through the smoke): The New Science of Cannabis and Your Health

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We are learning a lot about this drug, a lot of what you might read in newspapers or out of the mouth of politicians, doesn't follow any kind of science, just a narrative and an emotional story which is often clouded in misdirection, lies and mistruth. He was the clinical scientific lead on the 2004/5 UK Government Foresight initiative "Brain science, addiction and drugs" that provided a 25-year vision for this area of science and public policy. Steeped in a deep pharmacological understanding of cannabis and aided by up-to-date analysis of scientific cannabis-related studies, Seeing through the Smoke amplifies a voice trusted by both sides of the ongoing debate about functional and responsible cannabis policies post-prohibition. We are currently in a war on drugs, and this has only resulted with more people taking cannabis, a black market, and stronger cannabis, as well as criminalising and blotting people's lives with a criminal record. By focusing on the most critical purported harmsdriving, pregnancy, addictiveness, memoryand by focusing on the most commonly cited medical benefitsrelieving chronic pain, sleep, anxiety, PTSD, autism, and cancerSeeing Through the Smoke will help patients, parents, doctors, health experts, regulators, and politicians move beyond biased perceptions and arrive at a shared reality towards cannabis.

He also lecturers widely to the public as well as to the scientific and medical communities; he has presented three time at the Cheltenham Science Festival and several times for Cafe Scientifiques. Yet people in numerous countries, including the US, Holland, Belgium and Germany, can access medical marijuana, while several states across the US have legalised recreational cannabis.It's as much governments that have led to country lines as much as criminal gangs and it leads to unsafe products with no quality control. There was only one harm where alcohol didn’t score higher, and that was dependence, where cannabis and alcohol were equal,” Professor Nutt comments in the book. Nevertheless, legal cannabidiol-containing oils, food and drinks are increasingly common on pharmacy and retail shelves ( see the approved list).

He regularly appears as an expert on national television and radio programs, including NPR's All Things Considered, NBC Nightly News, C-SPAN's Washington Journal, Fox and Friends and Fox News. This dissonance confuses young people, distressed patients, and paralyzes politicians, all while inviting dubious sources of information and resulting in uninformed choices, enhanced polarization, and a fragmented national policy. In fact from 1995 to 2019, people between the ages of 16 and 59 have gone from 23% of the population to just under 32% of the population who have tried it. By purchasing the item from Charlies Chapters Ltd you agree that you are happy to receive a revised edition.

The definitive guide to cannabis and your health, from world-renowned professor of neuropsychopharmacology David Nutt.