… or “Jimmy Kimmel, Start Your Engines!”

The Humboldt Journal of Social Relations has just published its long-awaited all-weed issue, “Current Perspectives on Marijuana and Society,” in cooperation with the Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research. The whole thing is available online, in PDF form, and there’s a whole lot to dig into.

HSU’s PR department highlights what seems to be the lead story: A paper by David C. Peters of Wayne State University puts forth research from Michigan showing that marijuana can be an effective “reverse gateway drug” — one whose usage can help wean addicts to opiates or prescription medication from those far more dangerous substances. A companion paper, by Rashi Shukla of the University of Central Oklahoma, aims to debunk the old marijuana-as-gateway-to-danger-drug hypothesis that has driven so much of marijuana policy for so long.

Elsewhere in the Journal:

Meaty stuff! If anyone’s willing, I’d love to dig in and kick around the research and findings right here. LoCO Book Club time.

Press release from Humboldt State University:

HSU Journal Challenges Popular Marijuana Claims