Editors
Sharon Rödner Sznitman, Börje Olsson, Robin Room

Introduction

Foreword
Wolfgang Götz

Overview of Volume 1
Sharon Rödner Sznitman and Börje Olsson

Part I: Cannabis in the past

Chapter 1: Cannabis as medicine in Europe in the 19th century
Manfred Fankhauser

Chapter 2: The re-emergence of the therapeutic use of cannabis products: recent developments and future prospects

John Witton

Chapter 3: The pharmacology of cannabis: issues for understanding its use
Desmond Corrigan

Chapter 4: Soma, the Wootton Report and cannabis law reform in Britain during the 1960s and 1970s
Stephen Abrams

Chapter 5: Cannabis’s role in drawing attention to ‘the drugs problem’ in Sweden
Börje Olsson

Chapter 6: Enlargement 2005: cannabis in the new EU Member States
Jacek Moskalewicz, Airi-Alina Allaste, Zsolt Demetrovics, Danica Klempova and Janusz Sierosławski, with Ladislav Csemy, Vito Flaker, Neoklis Georgiades, Anna Girard, Vera Grebenc, Ernestas Jasaitis, Ines Kvaternik Jenko, Richard Muscat, Marcis Trapencieris, Sharon Vella and Alenka Zagar

Part II: Policies, legislation and control strategies

Chapter 7: Cannabis control in Europe
Danilo Ballotta, Henri Bergeron and Brendan Hughes

Chapter 8: In thinking about cannabis policy, what can be learned from alcohol and tobacco?
Robin Room

Chapter 9: An open front door: the coffee shop phenomenon in the Netherlands
Dirk Korf

Chapter 10: Cannabis policy: tightening the ties in Denmark
Vibeke Asmussen

Chapter 11: Cannabis: a harm reduction perspective
Andrew Bennett

Part III: Supply and production issues

Chapter 12: Global cannabis cultivation and trafficking
Ted Leggett and Thomas Pietschmann

Chapter 13: Monitoring cannabis availability in Europe: issues, trends and challenges

Chloé Carpentier, Meredith Meacham and Paul Griffiths

Chapter 14: Understanding cannabis potency and monitoring cannabis products in Europe
Leslie King

Chapter 15: Multinational export–import ventures: Moroccan hashish into Europe through Spain
Juan Francisco Gamella and Maria Luisa Jiménez Rodrigo

Chapter 16: An analysis of the significance of supply and market factors for variations in European cannabis use
Leif Lenke

Appendix: Grey literature list

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EMCDDA (2008), A cannabis reader: global issues and local experiences, Monograph series 8, Volume 1, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Lisbon.
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