Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts: A Review of the Scientific Evidence
Dr. Lynn Zimmer and Dr. John Morgan (Lindesmith Center) $12.95

Boy-howdy, I love a good spanking.... Oops, sorry, I love a good DEBUNKING.
And that's what you get with this book (debunking, not spanking). Drs.
Zimmer and Morgan have written the first-ever review of a hundred years of
scientific evidence generated from thousands of chemical, pharmacological,
psychological and sociological studies of marijuana and its effects. The
book is a short (163 pages of text and 73 of footnotes-I love footnotes!),
easy read. Each chapter focuses on one of 20 common marijuana prohibition
myths, which the doctors then savage with science.

Conclusions: Marijuana is less harmful than alcohol. No one ever died from
marijuana. Marijuana has negligible-to-no long-term effects on the human
body and society. Incarceration and involuntary treatment do more harm. The
authors also discuss user-perpetuated myths. Like moldy marijuana enhances
potency (marijuana doesn't burn hot enough to kill molds, thus they can
possibly infest lungs and sinuses), and holding in a toke gets you higher
(maximum dose is delivered within seconds of inhaling).

This book tells the truth-and now that I think about it, drug czar Barry
McCaffrey is old enough to distinguish truth from lies...perhaps someone
should turn him over a knee and paddle him with this book? I'll pay $20 to
watch!