Study the latest research findings by international experts This comprehensive volume presents state-of-the-art scientific research on the therapeutic uses of cannabis and its derivatives. All too often, discussions of the potential medical uses of this substance are distorted by political considerations that have no place in a medical debate. Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Potential features fair, equitable discussion of this emerging and controversial medical topic by the worldOCOs foremost researchers.Cannabis and Cannabinoids examines the benefits,...

Study the latest research findings by international experts This comprehensive volume presents state-of-the-art scientific research on the therapeutic uses of cannabis and its derivatives. All too often, discussions of the potential medical uses of this substance are distorted by political considerations that have no place in a medical debate. Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Potential features fair, equitable discussion of this emerging and controversial medical topic by the world's foremost researchers.Cannabis and Cannabinoids examines the benefits,...

Learn the facts behind the pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of controversial cannabis therapeutics The Handbook of Cannabis Therapeutics: From Bench to Bedside sets aside the condemnation and hysteria of society's view of cannabis to concentrate on the medically sound aspects of cannabis therapeutics. The world's foremost experts provide a reasoned, thoroughly researched overview of the controversial subject of cannabis, from its history as a medicine through its latest therapeutic uses. The latest studies on the botany, history, biochemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, clinical use for...

In Deutschland konsumieren ca. 3 Millionen Menschen gelegentlich oder regelmassig Cannabisprodukte. Nach bisheriger Gesetzeslage und Rechtspraxis droht diesen 3 Millionen der Entzug des Fuhrerscheins, selbst wenn sie nie unter dem Einfluss von Cannabis ein Fahrzeug fuhrten. Mit Beschluss vom 8.7.2002 erklarte das Bundesverfassungsgericht diese Praxis fur verfassungswidrig: Die Kammer geht davon aus, dass der einmalige oder nur gelegentliche Cannabiskonsum ohne Bezug zum Strassenverkehr fur sich allein kein hinreichendes Verdachtselement bildet. Die Autoren des Buches, Wissenschaftler,...