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Copyright © 2017 by Robert Ivker, DO
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First Touchstone hardcover edition September 2017
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Ivker, Rav, author.
Title: Cannabis for chronic pain : a proven prescription for using marijuana to relieve your pain and heal your life / Dr. Rav Ivker, DO, ABIHM, co-founder and past president, American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine, past president, American Holistic Medical Association.
Description: New York : Touchstone, 2017.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017025407| ISBN 9781501155888 (hardback) | ISBN 9781501155901 (paperback) | ISBN 9781501155918 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Marijuana—Therapeutic use. | Chronic pain—Treatment. | BISAC: MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine. | HEALTH & FITNESS / Pain Management. | MEDICAL / Drug Guides.
Classification: LCC RM666.C266 I95 2017 | DDC 615.3/23648—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017025407
ISBN 978-1-5011-5588-8
ISBN 978-1-5011-5591-8 (ebook)