Ganja in Jamaica
A medical anthropological study of chronic marihuana use
Authors: Vera Rubin, Lambros Comitas Publisher: De Gruyter Publication date: 2019 Publication language: Angielski Number of pages: 228 Publication formats: EAN: 9783110812077 ISBN: 9783110812077 Category: Sociology Publisher's index: - Bibliographic note: -
TOC
- Foreword 6
- Preface and acknowledgements 10
- Contents 16
- Jamaica project staff 18
- CHAPTER I. Introduction 22
- CHAPTER II. Notes on the ethnohistory of cannabis 29
- CHAPTER III. Ganja legislation 41
- CHAPTER IV. The ganja complex 57
- CHAPTER V. Acute effects of ganja smoking in a natural setting 84
- CHAPTER VI. The clinical studies 101
- CHAPTER VII. Respiratory function and hematology 109
- CHAPTER VIII. Psychiatry and electroencephalography 124
- CHAPTER IX. Psychological assessment 132
- CHAPTER X. Attitudes and reactions to ganja 141
- CHAPTER XI. Cultural expectations and predisposition to ganja 155