Handbook of Cannabis
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 4 August 2016
- ISBN 9780198792604
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages784 pages
- Size 247x171x40 mm
- Weight 1294 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Truly global in scope and with contributions from leading researchers around the world, The Handbook of Cannabis is the definitive resource on this fascinating drug. Combining scientific perspectives and clinical applications, it covers a vast array of topics, and will be valuable for anyone with an interest in this drug and its effects.
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Truly global in scope and with contributions from leading researchers around the world, The Handbook of Cannabis is the definitive resource on this fascinating drug. Combining scientific perspectives and clinical applications, it covers a vast array of topics, from why over the centuries cannabis has been used as a medicine, through the regulations facing those wishing to self-administer cannabis or provide cannabis-based medicines, to the chemical structure of its many constituents and the rapidly growing group of synthetic cannabinoids that are currently being used for 'legal highs'.
With each chapter written by a group of one or more internationally recognised subject experts, it provides academics and researchers with authoritative scientific material on the main pharmacological actions and their effects, as well as their pharmacokinetics, metabolism, and forensic detection. In addition it also examines the complex morphology, cultivation, harvesting, and processing of cannabis and the ways in which the plant's chemical composition can be controlled.
As well as offering a raft of scientific information there is extensive coverage of cannabinoid-based medicines. Helping readers to identify and evaluate their benefits, chapters explore pharmacological actions and the effects that seem to underlie approved therapeutic uses, how they are currently used to treat certain disorders, and the ever-growing number of wide-ranging potential clinical applications. There is also coverage of both the legal and illegal sources of cannabis, including 'coffee shops' and 'cannabis dispensaries'.
The complex issue of 'recreational cannabis' is also tackled. The sought-after and adverse psychological and non-psychological effects are described and discussions are included on how some adverse effects can be lessened by at least one constituent of cannabis, and that it might be possible to reduce the harm that cannabis does to some by changing current regulatory policies.
The Handbook of Cannabis is a one-stop reference; essential reading for all clinicians, pharmacologists, psychologists, and psychiatrists interested in this drug, as well as those working in the field of public health.
It provides a detailed review of a wide variety of areas related to this compound, from historical use, pharmacological actions of this substance, the scientific evidence supporting its medicinal properties, as well as the political and legal issues around its medical and recreational uses. Overall this is an excellent reference for a wide variety of individuals that would be a welcome addition to most libraries.
Table of Contents:
Part 1 Constituents, History, International Control, Cultivation and Phenotypes of Cannabis
Constituents of Cannabis Sativa
The Pharmacological History of Cannabis
International Control of Cannabis
Cannabis Horticulture
Cannabis Phenotypes (Chemotypes) of Cannabis
Part 2 Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics, Metabolism and Forensics
Known Pharmacological Actions of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol and of Four Other Chemical Constituents of Cannabis that Activate Cannabinoid Receptors
Known Pharmacological Actions of Nine Non-Psychotropic Phytocannabinoids
Effects of Phytocannabinoids on Neurotransmission in the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems
Cannabinoids and Addiction
Effects of Phytocannabinoids on Anxiety, Mood, and the Endocrine System
Phytocannabinoids and the Cardiovascular System
Phytocannabinoids and the Gastrointestinal System
Reproduction and Cannabinoids: Ups and Downs, Ins and Outs
Phytocannabinoids and the Immune System
Non-Phytocannabinoid Constituents of Cannabis and Herbal Synergy
Cannabinoid Pharmacokinetics and Disposition in Alternative Matrices
Part 3 Medicinal Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Clinical Data
Self-Medication with Cannabis
Cannabis Distribution: Coffee Shops to Dispensaries
Development of Cannabis-Based Medicines: Regulatory Hurdles/Routes in Europe and the United States
Licensed Cannabis-Based Medicines: Benefits and Risks
Synthetic Psychoactive Cannabinoids Licensed as Medicines
Cannabinoids in Clinical Practice: A UK Perspective
Part 4 Approved Therapeutic Targets for Phytocannabinoids: Preclinical Pharmacology
Effect of Phytocannabinoids on Nausea and Vomiting
Established and Emerging Concepts of Cannabinoid Action on Food Intake and their Potential Application to the Treatment of Anorexia and Cachexia
Pain
Cannabis and Multiple Sclerosis
Part 5 Some Potential Theraputic Targets for Phytocannabinoids
Neurodegenerative Disorders Other Than Multiple Sclerosis
Cannabidiol/Phytocaanabinoids: A New Opportunity for Schizophrenia Treatment
Phytocannabinoids as Novel Therapeutic Agents for Sleep Disorders
Cannabis and Epilepsy
Cardiovascular, Metabolic, Liver, Kidney, and Inflammatory Disorders
Phytocannabinoids and Skin Disorders
Phytocannabinoids in Degenerative and Inflammatory Retinal Diseases: Glaucoma, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy and Uveoretinitis
Bone As a Target for Cannabinoid Therapy
Cancer
Part 6 Recreational Cannabis: Sought-After Effects, Adverse Effects, Designer Drugs and Harm Minimization
Desired and Undesired Effects of Cannabis on the Human Mind and Psychological Well-Being
Recreational Cannabis: The Risk of Schizophrenia
Nonpsychological Adverse Effects
Harm Reduction Policies for Cannabis
Cannabinoid Designer Drugs: Effects and Forensics
