Book contents
- Marijuana on My Mind
- Reviews
- Marijuana on My Mind
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Additional material
- Foreword
- 1 The Science and Mystique of Cannabis
- 2 The Plant, Its History, and Its Products
- 3 The Brain and Its Natural Cannabinoid Chemistry
- 4 The Plant’s Impact on the Brain and Experience
- 5 Putting Cannabis in Perspective
- 6 Cannabis Culture and Spirituality
- 7 Medical Cannabis, Part I: Cannabinoids with Strong Scientific Evidence
- 8 Medical Cannabis, Part II: Cannabinoids with Preliminary Scientific Evidence
- 9 Medical Cannabis, Part III: CBD Facts, Fads, and Possibilities
- 10 When Cannabinoid Receptors Disappear
- 11 When Addiction Hijacks the Brain’s Reward System
- 12 Adolescents and Cannabis
- 13 Further Consequences of Using Cannabis Too Frequently
- 14 Treatment and Recovery
- 15 Public Health and Politics
- Epilogue: The Future of Cannabis
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Figure Sources
- Index
4 - The Plant’s Impact on the Brain and Experience
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 March 2022
- Marijuana on My Mind
- Reviews
- Marijuana on My Mind
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Additional material
- Foreword
- 1 The Science and Mystique of Cannabis
- 2 The Plant, Its History, and Its Products
- 3 The Brain and Its Natural Cannabinoid Chemistry
- 4 The Plant’s Impact on the Brain and Experience
- 5 Putting Cannabis in Perspective
- 6 Cannabis Culture and Spirituality
- 7 Medical Cannabis, Part I: Cannabinoids with Strong Scientific Evidence
- 8 Medical Cannabis, Part II: Cannabinoids with Preliminary Scientific Evidence
- 9 Medical Cannabis, Part III: CBD Facts, Fads, and Possibilities
- 10 When Cannabinoid Receptors Disappear
- 11 When Addiction Hijacks the Brain’s Reward System
- 12 Adolescents and Cannabis
- 13 Further Consequences of Using Cannabis Too Frequently
- 14 Treatment and Recovery
- 15 Public Health and Politics
- Epilogue: The Future of Cannabis
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Figure Sources
- Index
Summary
Tom thoroughly enjoyed introducing his friends to cannabis. He was careful. You had to be careful in 1967 in central Ohio. He was careful about where he bought his marijuana, relying on an old high-school friend who grew his own rather than his new friends at Ohio State University who were eager to sell him their wares. He was careful to groom his stash, diligently picking out all the seeds and stems. And he was very careful to wait for his friends to express curiosity before beginning a conversation about pot.
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- Marijuana on My MindThe Science and Mystique of Cannabis, pp. 46 - 62Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022