Stoned 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...
| Main Author: | Casarett, David J. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, New York :
Current,
[2015]
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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"--Source other than the Library of Congress. |
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| Physical Description: |
289 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781591847670 (hbk.) 1591847672 (hbk.) |
| Author Notes: |
His nonfiction works include Last Acts: Discovering Possibility and Opportunity at the End of Life, Shocked: Adventures in Bringing Back the Recently Dead, and Stoned: A Doctor's Case for Medical Marijuana. He is the author of the mystery series, Ethical Chiang Mai Detective Agency. It includes Murder at the House of Rooster Happiness, and The Missing Guest of the Magic Grove Hotel. (Bowker Author Biography) |