A comprehensive compilation of multiple facets of cannabis from a medical perspective

Includes several non-medical sections which indirectly impact medicine from a public health and safety perspective

Provides an evidence-based approach to cannabis and medicine

Forward: Losing Ground: The Rise of Cannabis Culture.- Part 1: Basic Science.- Chapter 1 The Properties and Use of Cannabis sativa Herb and Extracts.- Chapter 2 Cannabinoid and Marijuana Neurobiology.- Chapter 3 The Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, and Potential Drug Interactions of Cannabinoids.- Part 2 Clinical Evidence.- Chapter 4 Cannabis and Neuropsychiatric Effects.- Chapter 4.1 Blunted: The Effects of Cannabis on Cognition and Motivation.- Chapter 4.2 Cannabis and Psychiatric Conditions.- Chapter 4.3 Cannabis use and psychosis, mood, and anxiety disorders.- Chapter 4.4 Marijuana and Suicide: Case-control Studies, Population Data, and Potential Neurochemical Mechanisms.- Chapter 4.5 Cannabis Use Disorder, Treatment, and Recovery.- Chapter 5 Cannabis and the Impact on the Pediatric and Adolescent Population.- Chapter 5.1 Cannabis and Young Pediatric Exposures.- Chapter 5.2 Cannabis and the Teen Brain.- Chapter 6 Acute Emergency Department Presentations Related toCannabis.- Chapter 7 Evidence of Cannabinoids in Pain.- Chapter Cannabis in Pulmonary Medicine.- Chapter 8.1 Cannabinoids and the Respiratory System.- Chapter 8.2 THC and CBD Decomposition and Terpene Hazards While Vaping or Dabbing.- Chapter 9 Clinical Cardiovascular Effects of Cannabis Use.- Chapter 10 Cannabinoids in Neurologic Conditions.- Chapter 10.1 Cannabis and Cannabinoids for the Treatment of Epilepsy.- Chapter 10.2 Multiple Sclerosis and Cannabis - Benefits, Risks, and Special Considerations.- Chapter 10.3 Evidence for Cannabis in Movement Disorders.- Chapter 10.4 Cannabinoids in Neurosurgery.- Chapter 11 Ocular Conditions and the Endocannabinoid System.- Chapter 12 Cannabis in Oncology and Symptom Management.- Chapter 13 Cannabis in Palliative Medicine.- Chapter 14 Cannabis in Older Persons.- Chapter 15 Cannabinoids in Dermatology.- Chapter 16 Fetal and Neonatal Marijuana Exposure.- Chapter 17 Cannabinoids in Gastrointestinal Disorders.- Chapter 17.1 Investigation of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome: pathophysiology, treatment, and burden.- Chapter 17.2 Investigation of the endocannabinoid system in the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome and the potential use of cannabis as a complementary and alternative medicine therapy.- Chapter 17.3 Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Cannabis.- Chapter 17.4 Cannabis in relation to Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.- Chapter 17.5 Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Cannabinoids.- Chapter 18 Looking at Marijuana Through the Lens of Public Health.- Chapter 19 Cannabis-Impaired Driving: Evidence and the Role of Toxicology Testing.- Chapter 20 The Legal Aspects of Marijuana as Medicine.- Epilogue/Summary.