Cannabinoids (Neuroscience Intelligence Unit)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 29, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780306482281
Subjects: Biochemistry; Pharmacology; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Pain Medicine; Medical / Neurology; Neurology - General; Cannabinoids; Marijuana Smoking; adverse effects; pharmacokinetics; therapeutic use
First sentence: Investigation of the chemical composition the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa L, known for millennia for its therapeutic properties and as a recreational, psychoactive drug, has been commenced in the early 1800s; at that time, the medical use of cannabis in the western world mostly for treatment of neurological and psychiatric diseases, became quite intensive.