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Informationen zum Autor Matthew Stolick is associate professor of philosophy at Findlay University in Ohio. Klappentext Matthew Stolick presents a detailed social and scientific exploration of the social history of cannabis, chemical make-up of the cannabis plant, and effects of cannabis use. Applying the moral thought of Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Christianity, Stolick demonstrates the amoral nature of cannabis use. Zusammenfassung Matthew Stolick presents a detailed social and scientific exploration of the social history of cannabis! chemical make-up of the cannabis plant! and effects of cannabis use. Applying the moral thought of Aristotle! Kant! Mill! and Christianity! Stolick demonstrates the amoral nature of cannabis use. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: The Two Realities that Dictate the Meaning of Cannabis Use in the U.S. Chapter 2 1. The Plant-Brain Connection: The Neurological Truth about Cannabis Use Chapter 3 2. Experienced and Therapeutic Effects of Cannabis Use Chapter 4 3. The Acute and Chronic Harms Associated with Cannabis Use Chapter 5 4. Western Responses to the Unknown: Foundational Events Creating the Social Reality of Cannabis Use Chapter 6 5. Revealing the Current Social Reality of Cannabis Use in the United States Chapter 7 6. Utilitarianism, On Liberty and Cannabis Use Chapter 8 7. A Kantian Assessment of Cannabis Use and Law Chapter 9 8. Aristotle on Cannabis Use and Law: The "Means" of Temperance and Justice Chapter 10 9. Old Testament and Cannabis Chapter 11 10. Christian Ethics and Cannabis Use Chapter 12 11. Conclusion: The Essence of Cannabis Law: Avoiding Change at All Cost 13 Index