Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Preface and acknowledgements IX
4. Contents XV
5. Jamaica project staff XVII
6. CHAPTER I. Introduction 1
7. CHAPTER II. Notes on the ethnohistory of cannabis 8
8. CHAPTER III. Ganja legislation 20
9. CHAPTER IV. The ganja complex 36
10. CHAPTER V. Acute effects of ganja smoking in a natural setting 63
11. CHAPTER VI. The clinical studies 80
12. CHAPTER VII. Respiratory function and hematology 88
13. CHAPTER VIII. Psychiatry and electroencephalography 103
14. CHAPTER IX. Psychological assessment 111
15. CHAPTER X. Attitudes and reactions to ganja 120
16. CHAPTER XI. Cultural expectations and predisposition to ganja 134
17. CHAPTER XII. Cannabis, society and culture 157
18. Appendices: I-VIII 169
19. Bibliography 197