Marihuana and Health: A Report to the Congress from the Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

This is a quite complete analysis of marihuana, issued early in the growth of its use by the baby boom generation. Contents include: Extent and Pattern of Use and Abuse, Preclinical Studies in Animals, Effects on Man, Social and Cultural Concomitants, and more. Delves into the background of the drug and its use beyond the pop cultural aspects. A detailed work with some good bibliographic and reference material.

The book focuses on the 1960s and 1970s American lifestyle. The collector took great pride in acquiring interesting material on the youth movement, the war in Vietnam, the underground drug culture, the music, rock and roll, the utopian movement, commune life, art, underground comix, psychedelic drugs, marijuana, LSD, protest, anti-war, black power, race relations, student life, hippie life, yippie protest, photography, women's liberation, gay and lesbian lifestyles, social movements, military power, soldiers, Black Panthers, Mao Tse-Tung, and so much more.

Marihuana And Health was published in 1971.