Cannabis - Philosophy for Everyone

Editor DALE JACQUETTE is Senior Professorial Chair in Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Series Editor FRITZ ALLHOFF is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.

"Many interesting dimensions of cannabis research are reflected in this book, which is written in an intelligent and entertaining style." (About.com, 11 September 2011) "Cannabis: Philosophy for Everyone- What Were We Just Talking About? Provides a refreshing collection of essays- from both sides of the fence- on the many philosophical facets of pot ingestion...HIGH TIMES associate publisher Rick Cusick writes in the foreword: "While I personally believe that legalizing cannabis would encourage a more civilized society, I also recognize that reasonable people can disagree.  That is why this book is so timely and important.  There are overblown claims on both sides of the equation and we need to have the more disciplined discourse that philosophy provides." (HIGH TIMES, February 2011)"Their newest release Cannabis-Philosophy for Everyone aims to bridge the world of academia, as it relates to cannabis, with the interests and concerns of those on the outside. Contributors include international scholars in the fields of philosophy, psychology, sociology, law, pharmacology, psychotherapy, and medicine as well as non-academics associated with the cultivation, distribution, and sale of cannabis. For those looking for a thought-provoking, heady read, find out more about this book at www.wiley.com." (Nug Magazine, November 2010)"The book is both high- and low-brow and is sure to please undergrads searching for epiphanies while hanging out in hazy basements." (The Washington Post, November 2010)"It's a serious read that should be on your bookshelf. We are going to say, especially if you are a cannabis industry / business owner; this book will help you to understand your product and the people that love it so that you can apply what you've learned in "philosophy class" to the real world in a way that will boost your brand.." (Hempista, 24 October 2010)

• Foreword xiiRichard CusickPreface xvDale JacquetteIntroduction: What is Cannabis and How Can We Get Some? 1Dale JacquettePart I Cannabis Phenomenology 191 A Cannabis Odyssey 21Lester Grinspoon2 Seeing Snakes: On Delusion, Knowledge, and the Drug Experience 35G. T. Roche3 The Cannabis Experience: An Analysis of “Flow” 50Andrew D. Hathaway and Justin SharpleyPart II Marijuana and Spiritual Enlightenment 634 Buzz, High, and Stoned: Metaphor, Meaning, and the Cannabis Experience 65Michael Montagne5 The Great Escape 77Charles Taliaferro and Michel Le Gall6 Cannabis and the Human Condition: “Something of the Kind is Indispensable” 90Brian R. ClackPart III Creatively High 1017 Hallucinatory Terror: The World of the Hashish Eater 103Tommi Kakko8 Marijuana and Creativity 114Ryan E. Holt and James C. Kaufman9 Navigating Creative Inner Space on the Innocent Pleasures of Hashish 121Dale JacquettePart IV Psycho-Sociological Dimensions of Cannabis Culture 13710 Cannabis and the Culture of Alienation 139Mark Thorsby11 Reefer Madness: Cannabis, the Individual, and Public Policy 149Tuomas E. Tahko12 Soft vs. Hard: Why Drugs are Not Like Eggs 162Brian PenrosePart V Cannabis Ethics and Politics 17313 “Smoking Pot Doesn’t Hurt Anyone But Me!” Why Adults Should be Allowed to Consume Cannabis 175Jack Green Musselman, Russ Frohardt, and D. G. Lynch14 Pot Politics: Prohibition and Morality 192Mitch Earleywine15 Cannabis and the Good Life: Needs, Capabilities, and Human Flourishing 214Theodore Schick, Jr.16 Weakness of Will: The Cannabis Connection 226Michael FunkeNotes on Contributors 236