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Cannabis : A Natural History.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DeSalle, Rob.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- The definitive story of cannabis, from its evolution and biological quirks to its role in human history In this entertaining natural history, Rob DeSalle provides a glimpse into the biological world through the lens of the marijuana plant.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Drunken Monkeys and Stoned Spiders
- 2 Cannabis: A Short Cultural History
- 3 Origins
- 4 Hops and Hemp
- 5 A Complicated Sex Life
- 6 Buds
- 7 Decarboxylation
- 8 THC and CBD in the Body
- 9 A Plant of (More Than) 1,001 Chemicals
- 10 Messy Brains and Marijuana
- 11 Brain Science, Bliss, and the Endocannabinoid System
- 12 Genes, Genomes, and Cannabis
- 13 Putting the Cannabis Genome to Work
- 14 Modern Medicinal Cannabis
- 15 Legalize It?
- 16 Dangerous?
- 17 Contemporary Cannabis Culture in Nine Graphs
- Epilogue: The Message
- For Further Reading
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-300-28580-9
- 9780300285802
- OCLC:
- 1545124327
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