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The science of marijuana / Leslie L. Iversen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Iversen, Leslie L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marijuana--Physiological effect.
- Marijuana.
- Marijuana--Toxicology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (290 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explaining the advances that have been made in scientific research on cannabis with the discovery of specific receptors and naturally occurring cannabis-like substances in the brain this work assesses the scientific basis for the medical use of cannabis and what risks this may entail.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The pharmacology of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) : the psychoactive ingedient in cannabis
- Endocannabinoids
- The effects of cannabis on the cental nervous system
- Medical uses of marijuana : fact or fantasy?
- Is cannabis safe?
- The recreational use of cannabis
- What next?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-259) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-988693-8
- 1-282-79275-X
- 9786612792755
- 0-19-979598-3
- OCLC:
- 669505982
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