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100 _aCermak, Timmen L.,
_eauthor.
_947004
245 1 0 _aFrom bud to brain :
_ba psychiatrist's view of marijuana /
_cTimmen L. Cermak, MD.
260 _aCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2020.
263 _a2004
300 _a1 volume :
_billustrations (black and white)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"Most people get information about marijuana from friends, the Internet, popular newscasts and personal experience - all echo chambers filled with anecdotes, opinions, exaggerations and a smattering of facts. This is not because the public lacks curiosity about the topic. Rather, the general lack of scientific literacy about marijuana stems from the "Googlization" of information, the failure of clinicians to have objective and useful answers to patients' questions about marijuana, the superior power of stories to persuade more than facts, and scientists' difficulty translating their vast body of information about marijuana into an intriguing, easily understood narrative. Googlization encourages people to seek specific answers to specific questions without requiring familiarity with the deeper background context. People no longer need to study a field of information in order to discover individual facts that satisfy their immediate curiosity. And, of course, Google is designed to gather and present information that comports with each individual's interests. Marijuana advocates are directed toward one set of website "facts" while opponents are presented another set of cherry picked "facts", which leads to different silos of information reinforcing already fixed perspectives"--
650 0 _aMarijuana
_xPsychological aspects.
_946726
650 0 _aMarijuana
_xPhysiological effect.
_947005
650 0 _aMarijuana abuse.
_946735
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aCermak, Timmen L.
_tFrom bud to brain
_dCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
_z9781108653428
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