On Being Stoned

A Psychological Study of Marijuana Intoxication

by Charles T. Tart, Ph.D.

Contents

Foreword by Walter N. Pahnke
A Fable
Introduction
A Note to the Non-Scientist Reader

Part I: Studying Marijuana Intoxication

1. Marijuana
2. The Nature of Drug-Induced States of Consciousness
3. Method of Study
4. One Hundred and Fifty Experienced Marijuana Users
5. Methods of Analysis

Part II: Phenomenology of Marijuana Intoxication

6. Vision
7. Hearing
8. Touch, Temperature, Taste, and Smell
9. Space and Time
10. Ostensible Paranormal Phenomena (ESP)
11. The Body
12. Social Interaction
13. Sexuality
14. Cognitive Processes: Memory
15. Cognitive Processes: Thought
16. Emotions
17. Control
18. Identity
19. Spiritual Experiences
20. Sleep and Dreams
21. "Desirable" and "Undesirable" Effects
22. Aftereffects
23. Miscellaneous Effects

Part III: Relationships

24. Levels of Intoxication
25. Experience in Using Drugs
26. Meditation and Growth
27. Age, Sex, and Educational Level
28. Alcohol and Marijuana
29. More Powerful Psychdelics (LSD) and Marijuana
30. Factor Analysis: Dimensions of Intoxication
31. Summary

Appendix A: Effects of More Powerful Psychedelic Drugs
Appendix B: Questionnaire Used in This Study
References

On Being Stoned ©1971 by Science and Behavior Books
Published by Science and Behavior Books, Palo Alto, California
ISBN 0-8314-0027-7

On Being Stoned is available on the Lycaeum by permission of the Author