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Index
Cover Image
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Part One: An Overview of Cannabis
Introduction to Part One
Chapter 1: The Subjective Effects of Cannabis
SOURCE OF MARIJUANA EDUCATION
SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS IN THE LABORATORY
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL’S HISTORY OF MARIJUANA USE
SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS AND ABUSE POTENTIAL
CONCLUSION
Chapter 2: Early/Ancient History
CANNABIS IN CHINA
ANCIENT MIDEAST HISTORY
Chapter 3: Recent History
KING AND THE ANTI-ASIAN RIOT
CANNABIS: THE MOST POPULAR PATENT MEDICINE?
FLEXNER AND THE CLOSING OF THE PRO-HERB MEDICAL SCHOOLS
HEARST, ANSLINGER, AND MURPHY
FDR, MELLON, AND ROCKEFELLER
IT GOES ON AND ON . . .
THE TREE OF LIFE AND HEAVEN OR HELL
RECOMMENDED READING
Chapter 4: The Botany of Cannabis
NOMENCLATURE
BOTANICAL HISTORY
MORPHOLOGY
APPLICATIONS
CONCLUSION
Chapter 5: Cannabis Grow Revolution
INDICA VS. SATIVA
MALES VS. FEMALES
SOIL VS. HYDROPONICS
VEGETATIVE VS. FLOWERING GROWTH
INDOOR VS. OUTDOOR
ORGANIC VS. CHEMICAL: FERTILIZATION
ORGANIC VS. CHEMICAL: PEST CONTROL
THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA REVOLUTION
THE FUTURE OF CANNABIS
Chapter 6: The Endocannabinoid System
THE CANNABINOID RECEPTORS
THE ENDOCANNABINOIDS
NEURONAL FREQUENCY AND SYNCHRONY: SETTING TEMPO WITH ECBS
REFRAMING THE DISCUSSION: THE “ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM”
Chapter 7: Anandamide and More
THE PLANT CONSTITUENTS
THE ENDOCANNABINOIDS
Chapter 8: Cannabis Laws in the United States
LISTING OF STATE-BY-STATE (AND FEDERAL) CANNABIS LAWS AND PENALTIES
Chapter 9: On Ending Prohibition
Part Two: Risks of Use and Harm Reduction
Introduction to Part Two
Chapter 10: Medical Risks and Toxicology
TERMINOLOGY
PHARMACOKINETICS AND PHARMACODYNAMICS
DRUG TESTING
GENERAL TOXICITY
MANAGEMENT OF MARIJUANA INTOXICATION
MARIJUANA AND CANCER
CONCLUSION
Chapter 11: Pulmonary Harm and Vaporizers
LUNG CANCER
LUNG FUNCTION
BRONCHOSCOPE EXAMINATIONS AND BIOPSIES
RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES
HEALTHIER LUNGS FOR CANNABIS SMOKERS
ORAL ADMINISTRATION
VAPORIZERS
HOLDING HITS
RESIN
STRONGER MARIJUANA
ABSTAINING FROM CIGARETTES
CONCLUSION
Chapter 12: Cannabis and Cognition
RELEVANT CANNABINOID NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
DIRECT EFFECTS OF CANNABIS ON COGNITION
LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF CANNABISON COGNITION
CONCLUSION
Chapter 13: Mental Health Risks Associated with Cannabis Use
CAN CANNABIS USE CAUSE PSYCHOSIS?
CAN CANNABIS LEAD TO ANXIETY?
CAN CANNABIS LEAD TO DEPRESSION?
CONCLUSION
Chapter 14: How Real Is the Risk of Addiction?
TOLERANCE
WITHDRAWAL
UNCONTROLLED USE
USE DESPITE PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
CONCLUSION
Chapter 15: Driving Under the Influence
DRUGGED DRIVING: TRUE THREAT OR FALSE PANIC?
CRUISING ON CANNABIS: CLARIFYING THE DEBATE
DEFINING A RATIONAL “DRUGGED DRIVING POLICY”
Chapter 16: Arrest Statistics and Racism
Chapter 17: Getting Busted Is Not So Funny
Chapter 18: The Collateral Consequences of Cannabis Convictions
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CONCLUSION
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
Chapter 19: Harm Reduction Psychotherapy
HARM REDUCTION
ACUTE HARMS
CHRONIC HARMS
FINDING YOUR HEALTHIEST RELATIONSHIP TO MARIJUANA
CONCLUSION
Part Three: The Clinical Use of Cannabis
Introduction to Part Three
Chapter 20: The Clinical Applications of Medical Marijuana
Chapter 21: Medical Marijuana Research
Chapter 22: MAPS and the Federal Obstruction of Medical Marijuana Research
Chapter 23: The Government’s Pot Farm
Chapter 24: Cannabinoids and Psychiatry
THE PSYCHOACTIVE EFFECTS OF CANNABIS
ANTI-PSYCHOTIC EFFECTS OF CBD: CANNABIS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA
DEPRESSION
BIPOLAR DISORDER
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND OTHER ANXIETY DISORDERS
ADHD
MEMORY
PRUNING AND LATE ADOLESCENCE
ADDICTION
TRUSTING PATIENTS TO ADJUST THEIR DOSE
THE CANNABINOID AND OPIOID SYSTEMS
DEHABITUATION
CONCLUSION
Chapter 25: Cannabinoids and Neuroprotection
THE THERAPEUTIC ROLE OF CANNABIS IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS
CONCLUSION
Chapter 26: Cannabis and HIV/AIDS
PREVALENCE OF CANNABIS USE BY PATIENTS WITH HIV/AIDS
PAIN: THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PAIN IN HIV
CANNABIS AND HIV-ASSOCIATED PAIN
NAUSEA
APPETITE
FOOD INTAKE
ADHERENCE TO DRUG THERAPY
CANNABIS DOSAGE
RISKS OF CANNABIS USE
EFFECTS ON IMMUNE SYSTEM
CONCLUSION
Chapter 27: Multiple Sclerosis and Spasticity
TREATMENT OPTIONS: DISEASE MODIFICATION AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
CANNABIS TREATMENT: DISEASE MODIFICATION
CANNABIS IN SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
SPASTICITY
NEUROPATHIC PAIN
BLADDER DYSFUNCTION
NYSTAGMUS
FATIGUE
SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
SLEEP DISTURBANCE
TREMOR
POSTURAL REGULATION
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
CONCLUSION
Chapter 28: Pain Management
CLINICAL STUDIES ON CANNABINOID ANALGESIA
CONCLUSION
Chapter 29: Sativex
STANDARDIZED DRUG EXTRACT
DELIVERY ROUTE
STUDIES IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND BEYOND
Part Four: Cannabis Culture
Introduction to Part Four
Chapter 30: What to Tell the Children
PROBLEMS WITH CURRENT PREVENTION STRATEGIES
SCARE TACTICS AND MISINFORMATION: MARIJUANA AS A CASE IN POINT
POTENCY
ADDICTION
THE GATEWAY THEORY
LUNG CANCER
JUST SAY NO OR SAY NOTHING AT ALL
SAFETY FIRST: A REALITY-BASED APPROACH
HONEST, SCIENCE-BASED EDUCATION
THE IMPORTANCE OF MODERATION
UNDERSTANDING CONSEQUENCES
WHAT’S A PARENT TO DO?
Chapter 31: Pot, Parenting, and Outing Myself
Chapter 32: Cannabis
Chapter 33: Gardener’s Rights, Forgetting, and Co-Evolution
Chapter 34: Cannabis, Business, and Philanthropy
Chapter 35: Thots on Pot
Part Five: Steps in the Right Direction
Introduction to Part Five
Chapter 36: Patients Out of Time
Chapter 37: Prescribing Cannabis in California
CHRONIC PAIN
NAUSEA AND ANOREXIA
CANCER
AUTOIMMUNE AND RHEUMATIC DISEASE
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER (ADD)
CANNABIS STRAINS AND CONSTITUENTS
CHANGING MEDICAL EDUCATION
CANNABIS SPECIALISTS
PRESCRIPTION CANNABINOIDS
PATTERNS OF CANNABIS USE
TOLERANCE/DEPENDENCE AND ADDICTION
ADVERSE EFFECTS
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
SO WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
Chapter 38: Canadian Compassion Clubs
A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO LIBERTY, HEALTH, AND CANNABIS
AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL FEDERAL PROGRAM
CIVILLY DISOBEDIENT COMMUNITY-BASED DISTRIBUTION
BARRIERS TO MEDICAL CANNABIS ACCESS
CONCLUSION
Chapter 39: Dutch Drug Policy
RECREATIONAL CANNABIS
MEDICINAL CANNABIS
Chapter 40: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Legalizing Marijuana
THE BUDGETARY IMPACTS OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION
THE BROADER ISSUES RELATED TO MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION
CONCLUSION
Chapter 41: The Marijuana Policy Project
Chapter 42: The ACLU and Cannabis Drug Policy
Resources
Footnotes
References
Contributors
About the Author
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
Books of Related Interest
Copyright & Permissions
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