Cannabis as Medicine

by Betty Wedman-St Louis and Betty Wedman-St.Louis

Book Overview

For hundreds of years cannabis has been used as a therapeutic medicine around the world. Cannabis was an accepted medicine during the second half of the 19th century, but its use declined because single agent pain medications were advocated by physicians who demanded standardization of medicines. It was not until 1964 when the chemical structure of THC (delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol) was elucidated and its pharmacological effects began to be understood.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367150557
• ISBN13: 9780367150556
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"