Grinspoon, Lester, et al. Marihuana: The Forbidden Medicine. New Haven, CT: Yale Univ Press. September 1, 1997, 312 pages.
 In this revised and expanded edition of an important and timely book, two eminent researchers describe the medical benefits of marihuana, explain why its use has been forbidden, and argue for its full legalization to make it available to all patients who need it. Highly praised when it was first published in 1993, the book has been expanded to include new examples of the ways that marihuana alleviates symptoms of cancer chemotherapy, multiple sclerosis, osteoarthritis, glaucoma, AIDS, and depression, as well as symptoms of such less common disorders a Crohn's disease, diabetic gastroparesis, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Praise for the first edition:
"Grinspoon and Bakalar have provided a valuable compendium of marihuana's beneficial properties...This book is valuable for its breadth of first-person accounts of beneficial effects of marihuana smoking in physically and emotionally distressed individuals."
-- Rick J. Strassman, M.D., Journal of the American Medical Association
"A very important book."
-- David E. Presti & Richard Evans, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
"A courageous and absorbing book."
-- Christopher Hitchens, The Financial Times
"Cogent and convincing arguments for the legalization of marihuana and its pharmacologically active components...This book provides an excellent overview of the subject from a medical perspective."
-- Robert M. Swift, M.D., Ph.D., New England Journal of Medicine
About the Authors
Lester Grinspoon, M.D. is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
James B. Bakalar is a lecturer in law in the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Also by the authors: Psychedelic Drugs Reconsidered
For additional information see:
Marijuana: The Forbidden Medicine Web site
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