Otherwise Law-Abiding Citizens

A Scientific and Moral Assessment of Cannabis Use

Otherwise Law-Abiding Citizens

A Scientific and Moral Assessment of Cannabis Use

Matt Stolick (Author)

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Matthew Stolick presents a detailed social and scientific exploration of the social history of cannabis, chemical make-up of the cannabis plant, and effects of cannabis use. By offering a truly interdisciplinary look at this highly political issue, he clearly articulates the reasoning behind the categorical rejection of legal cannabis use by the United States and other nations. Approaching the discussion of cannabis use from perspectives embedded within philosophy, political science, psychology, and neurobiology, Stolick provides an even-handed account of the scientific realities and social practicalities surrounding the use of cannabis for both medical and recreational purposes.

Drawing on the moral thought of Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Christianity, the book demonstrates the amoral nature of cannabis use. Grounding discussion of cannabis use in both moral theory and scientific fact, this book gives readers a thorough understanding of the social and political issues that continue to dictate cannabis law.

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Two Realities that Dictate the Meaning of Cannabis Use in the U.S.
Chapter 2 1. The Plant-Brain Connection: The Neurological Truth about Cannabis Use
Chapter 3 2. Experienced and Therapeutic Effects of Cannabis Use
Chapter 4 3. The Acute and Chronic Harms Associated with Cannabis Use
Chapter 5 4. Western Responses to the Unknown: Foundational Events Creating the Social Reality of Cannabis Use
Chapter 6 5. Revealing the Current Social Reality of Cannabis Use in the United States
Chapter 7 6. Utilitarianism, On Liberty and Cannabis Use
Chapter 8 7. A Kantian Assessment of Cannabis Use and Law
Chapter 9 8. Aristotle on Cannabis Use and Law: The "Means" of Temperance and Justice
Chapter 10 9. Old Testament and Cannabis
Chapter 11 10. Christian Ethics and Cannabis Use
Chapter 12 11. Conclusion: The Essence of Cannabis Law: Avoiding Change at All Cost
13 Index

Product details

Published	16 Dec 2008
Format	Ebook (PDF)
Edition	1st
Extent	410
ISBN	9798216347330
Imprint	Lexington Books
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Matt Stolick

Matthew Stolick reviews the science and medicine but goes further in explicating the folly and futility of using the law to punish users of this drug by carefully exploring how the fields of philosophy, religion and ethics further inform the issue. His powerful treatment of the subject leaves little doubt that the long-standing prohibition of marijuana is an anachronistic and harmful absurdity.

Lester Grinspoon, M.D., Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of Marijuana Reconsidered and Marijuana: The For
This comprehensive examination of the cannabis issue is highly accurate in its scientific analysis, broadly multi-disciplinary, and highly worthy of attention. The philosophical arguments advanced are quite thought-provoking in their examination of cannabis policy. It portends to be a very significant contribution to the field.

Ethan Russo M.D., International Cannabis and Cannabinoids Institute