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Carl sagan on why he liked smoking marijuana big think. Discussing the marihuana question, or writing about it, seems to make everyone an advocate of some sort. Dec 21, 2018 his 1971 book, marihuana reconsidered, helped bring the issue of marijuana legalization into mainstream conversation, and his role as an academic in the field challenged stereotypes that. Grinspoon is a harvard psychiatrist and author of the 1971 book, marihuana reconsidered. New england journal of medicine grinspoon has extracted, analyzed, and synthesized the most relevant literature to present the reader with a coherent, logical case. Harvard university press, cambridge, massachusetts, 1971.

Jun 27, 1971 each of these partial quotations from lester grinspoons recent book marihuana reconsidered can be come the departure point for an eve ning. Buy marijuana reconsidered by lester grinspoon isbn. The present book is still another which views marihuana as a relatively innocuous social drug which merits the same status accorded to alcoholic beverages. He has authored more than 140 articles in scientific journals and twelve books, including marihuana reconsidered and marijuana, the forbidden medicine with dr james b. Joe dolce interviewed the 85yearold harvard mark frauenfelder 4. Lester grinspoon, is widely considered to be the grandfather of medical marijuana due to his legendary advocacy on behalf of cannabis legalization, starting with his groundbreaking 1971 book marihuana reconsidered. Pages in category 1971 nonfiction books the following 106 pages are in this category, out of 106 total. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. In 1969, under the pseudonym mr x, celebrity astronomer and astrophysicist carl sagan wrote an essay that would later be released in the 1971 book marihuana reconsidered. Marihuana reconsidered by lester grinspoon alibris. Grinspoon revealed this information to sagans biographer, keay davidson. Buy marijuana reconsidered book online at low prices in. Marihuana marijuana reconsidered by lester grinspoon and a great selection of related books.

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