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Medical marijuana laws have spread across the U.S. to all but a handful of states. Yet, eighty years of social stigma and federal prohibition creates dilemmas for patients who participate in state programs. The Medicalization of Marijuana takes the first comprehensive look at how patients negotiate incomplete medicalization and what their experiences reveal about our relationship with this controversial plant as it is incorporated into biomedicine.
Is cannabis used similarly to other medicines? Drawing on interviews with midlife patients in Colorado, a state at the forefront of medical cannabis implementation, this book explores the practical decisions individuals confront about medical use, including whether cannabis will work for them; the risks of registering in a state program; and how to handle questions of supply, dosage, and routines of use.
Individual stories capture how patients redefine and reclaim cannabis use as legitimate—individually and collectively—and grapple with an inherently political identity. These experiences help illustrate how stigma, prejudice, and social change operate.
By positioning cannabis use within sociological models of medical behavior, Newhart and Dolphin provide a wide-reaching, theoretically informed analysis of the issue that expands established concepts and provides new insight on medical cannabis and how state programs work.
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Looking to explore the fascinating world of medical marijuana? Look no further than "The Medicalization of Marijuana: Legitimacy, Stigma, and the Patient Experience". This groundbreaking book, winner of the Donald W. Light Award for the Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology, takes a comprehensive and insightful look at the experiences of patients in state medical cannabis programs.
With medical marijuana laws spreading across the country, patients face unique challenges and dilemmas. This book delves into the practical decisions that patients must make, such as whether cannabis will work for them, the risks of registering in a state program, and how to handle questions of supply, dosage, and routines of use.
Through engaging interviews with midlife patients in Colorado, a state at the forefront of medical cannabis implementation, this book showcases individual stories that profoundly illustrate how patients redefine and reclaim cannabis as a legitimate form of medication. These stories shed light on the inherent political nature of using cannabis, and how stigma, prejudice, and social change come into play.
Written by esteemed authors Newhart and Dolphin, this book is rooted in sociological models of medical behavior, providing a wide-reaching, theoretically informed analysis of medical cannabis and state programs. It expands established concepts and offers new insight into the immense potential of medical marijuana.
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