Contents

Foreword

Participants

Introduction
P.H. CONNELL and NICK DORN

PART ONE: EFFECTS OF USE
1. Cannabis and Driving Risk
R.G. SMART
Discussion
2. Psychomotor and Cognitive Deficits Associated with Long- and Short-term Cannabis Consumption: Comparison of Research Findings and Discussion of Selected Extrapolations
M.I. SOUEIF
Discussion
3. Psychological and Cognitive Effects of Cannabis
J.R. TINKLENBERG and C.F. DARLEY

Discussion
4, A Selective Review of Studies of Long Term Use of Cannabis on Behaviour, Personality and Cognitive Functioning
C.G. MILES
Discussion
5. Cannabis Psychosis
N.H. RATHOD
Discussion

PART TWO: PATTERNS OF USE AND SOCIAL ATTITUDES
6, The Uses and Implications of the Log-normal Distribution of Drug Use
W.D.M. PATON
Discussion
7. The Psychology of Cannabis - Techniques for Investigating the Frequency and Patterns of Use of Cannabis in Groups of Drug Users
I. HINDMARCH.
8. Use of Drugs Other Than Cannabis and Attitudes to Drug Use in UK Student Populations
D. SOMEKH
Discussion
9. Prevalence, Characteristics and Correlates of Cannabis Use in the UK Student Population
A. KOSVINER
10. Drug Use in the Netherlands (brief  presentation)
E. LEUW
11. Social Attitudes of Users (brief  presentation)
K. BERNTSEN
Discussion of papers by Kosviner, Leuw and Berntsen
12. Cannabis, 'Permissivism' and Social Response in Australia
S. HASLETON
Discussion
Addendum to Hasleton's paper

PART THREE: PAST AND FUTURE RESEARCH
13. Some Suggested Research Priorities
R.D. MILLER
Closing Discussion
14. Asking Better Questions in Cannabis Research
P.H. CONNELL and N. DORN

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