Cannabis (seeing through the smoke): The New Science of Cannabis and Your Health

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And how many people die from cannabis, about 12 people (who only took cannabis and nothing else) every year. Analyses by the ACMD showed, for example, that alcohol is more than twice as harmful as cannabis to users and five times more harmful than cannabis to other people.

Well, Nutt takes us through all the evidence and though there are a few reports that say that people who are prone to schizophrenia do take cannabis – they also take alcohol and smoke cigarettes. He has edited the Journal of Psychopharmacology for over two decades and acts as the psychiatry drugs advisor to the British National Formulary. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.In David’s first ground-breaking book on the subject, he will cover its impact of all areas of the body and the brain and its effective use for treatment of illness from chronic pain, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and PTSD, to anxiety and depression. Always seek qualified medical advice before making or advising changes to conventional treatment plans. Graphs and informational asides also feature prominently and add to the rounded feeling of information imparted by the authors unto the reader. He regularly appears as an expert on national television and radio programs, including NPR's All Things Considered, NBC Nightly News, C-SPAN's Washington Journal, Fox and Friends and Fox News.

He then spent two years as Chief of the Section of Clinical Science in the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in NIH, Bethesda, USA. We are learning a lot about this drug, a lot of what you might read in newspapers or out of the mouth of politicians, doesn't follow any kind of science, just a narrative and an emotional story which is often clouded in misdirection, lies and mistruth. A lot of information to take in, but good to have the facts rather than the fiction put about by media and the government.It does carry risks, such as dependency, particularly if started young and he does state that one in ten can become dependent, but this is much less than tobacco, alcohol and opiates. Professor Nutt chaired the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) from 2000 until 2009, when he was sacked for publicly stating evidence-based views that conflicted with Government policy.