Yale University Press released a newly revised version of the definitive book on medical marijuana on September 15.
Marihuana, The Forbidden Medicine by Dr. Lester Grinspoon and James Bakalar, received high praise from reviewers and medical professionals when the hardcover first appeared in 1993. This timely new edition features an expanded list of symptoms and disorders treatable with marijuana, and an update of the argument regarding how the drug should be made available.
Dr. Robert Swift of the New United Kingdom Journal of Medicine called the first edition “cogent and convincing. … The authors present a compelling argument for unrestricted access to [the] therapeutic agents derived from marijuana. This book provides an excellent overview of the subject from a medical perspective.”
Dr. Rick Strassman of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) agreed. “Grinspoon and Bakalar have provided a valuable compendium of marijuana’s beneficial properties,” he said.
The first edition is currently available in nine languages.
Copies of the second edition of Marihuana, The Forbidden Medicine may be purchased from NORML at (202) 483-5500.