title: Getting to grips with the cannabis problem: the evolving contributions and impact of Griffith Edwards.
abstract: Griffith Edwards played an important role in cannabis policy debates within government advisory committees in the United Kingdom from the early 1970s until the early 1980s. This has largely been hidden from public knowledge by the confidentiality of these committee discussions. The purpose of this paper is to use Griffith's writings and the results of recent historical scholarship to outline the views he expressed, the reasons he gave for them, and to provide a brief assessment of his contribution to the development of British cannabis policy.
authors.affiliation: The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees / Q000266:history; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug / Q000266:history; D008131:London; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Advisory council on the misuse of drugs (UK); Public Health; cannabis policy; health effects; policy history