Whoa Dude! Think on these things before getting too deep into smoking Weed.
Subtitle: *or what  the science of marijuana is telling us about the harmful effects of marijuana for you, your friends, or your kids.
Publisher: self published
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD USA
Language: eng
Format: paperback, ebook
Number of pages: 222
Copyright date: 2021
Table of contents: label: Chapter 1
title: Introduction; title: Who Is This Book For?; title: What Is This Book About (and Not About)?; label: Chapter 2
title: Getting Your Bearings; title: Different Levels of Scientific Evidence; title: Strong evidence; title: Emerging evidence; title: Preliminary evidence; title: Statistical Associations versus Causality; title: Different Research Groups Strengthen a Scientific Finding; title: Older Data or Newer Data In the World of Weed; title: PubMed (sometimes free) or PubMed Central (always free); title: Ten Excellent Free Reviews; label: Chapter 3
title: Things to know about Weed; title: The BIG FOUR; title: Low Dose/High Dose and Short Term/Long Term use; title: Dose-Response Relationship; title: People are different; title: Bad outcomes from any single bad thing; title: This is not the marijuana of the 1969 Woodstock generation; label: Chapter 4
title: Marijuana Myths and other important thoughts about Weed; title: Myths about weed; title: Myth 1. Marijuana is Not Addictive; title: DSM-5 Diagnostic criteria for Cannabis Use Disorders; title: Myth 2. Marijuana is natural so it can’t be bad; title: Myth 3. Weed is not a gateway drug to harder drugs; title: Myth 4. There is not enough scientific study of marijuana; title: Social belief that marijuana is very safe; title: Industry Disinformation; title: Weed Use Trajectories; title: Edibles; title: Poly-Substance Use; title: Medical Marijuana, Cannabinoids, and Pharmaceutical preparations of Cannabinoids; label: Chapter 5
title: Biological, Biochemical, and Genetic Basics; title: Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabidiol; title: Tolerance to THC; title: Common Genetics and Weed; title: DNA: The Long Stringy Stuff; title: What’s in YOUR DNA?; title: Impulsivity and Gene Variants: Is it a Deer or is it a Saber Toothed Tiger?; title: Four Genes important in susceptibility to Cannabis; title: Cannabinoid receptor 1—CNR1; title: Catechol-O-methyltransferase—COMT; title: Dopamine receptor D2—DRD2; title: Fatty-Acid Amide Hydrolase; title: Epigenetics; title: Cytochrome P450s: Cannabis, Prescription Drug Interactions and Metabolism; label: Chapter 6
title: Brain Stuff; title: Brain Imaging; title: Cognition, Memory, and IQ; title: Cannabis, Multiple Sclerosis, and Cognitive Decline; title: Memory; title: Improvement in Memory?; title: Weed and False Memories; title: IQ; label: Chapter 7
title: Cannabis and the Risk of Mental Illness; title: Psychosis and Cannabis Induced Psychosis; title: Paranoia; title: Schizophrenia; title: The two biggest things about weed and schizophrenia; title: The Chicken or the Egg problem; title: Depression, Anxiety and Bipolar Disorder; title: Depression; title: Anxiety; title: Distress Tolerance and Cannabis; title: Bipolar Disorder and Weed; label: Chapter 8
title: Pregnancy, Neonatal Issues, and Childhood; title: Pregnancy and Neonatal Development; title: Prenatal Cannabis Use on Childhood and Adolescence; title: Cannabis Dispensaries and with Health Experts Advice to Pregnant Women; title: Pregnancy: The Lead Toxicity Experience Versus the Marijuana Experience; title: Unintentional Cannabis Ingestion In Young Children; label: Chapter 9
title: Other Very Important Heath-related Stuff; title: Your Heart and Blood Vessels; title: Jack Herer—The Emperor of Hemp; title: Arrhythmias; title: Stroke; title: Transient Ischemic Attacks—TIAs; title: Sleep; title: Testicular Cancer; title: Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome; label: Chapter 10
title: Societal Related Stuff; title: Educational Achievement; title: Motivation, Amotivation and White Russians; title: Conflating Decriminalization/Legalization of Cannabis and Health related issues; title: Driving; title: Violence, Suicide, and PTSD; title: Suicide; title: Tom King Forcade; title: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; label: Conclusion
title: Conclusion; title: Remembering Mark; title: About the Author; title: Glossary and Useful Definitions; title: References