​TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword page – xv
1. THE SCIENCE AND MYSTIQUE OF CANNABIS – 1
2 THE PLANT, ITS HISTORY, AND ITS PRODUCTS – 15
3. THE BRAIN AND ITS NATURAL CANNABINOID CHEMISTRY – 30
4. THE PLANT’S IMPACT ON THE BRAIN AND EXPERIENCE – 46
5. PUTTING CANNABIS IN PERSPECTIVE – 63
6. CANNABIS CULTURE AND SPIRITUALITY – 80
7. MEDICAL CANNABIS, PART I: CANNABINOIDS WITH STRONG SCIENTIFIC
EVIDENCE – 100
8. MEDICAL CANNABIS, PART II: CANNABINOIDS WITH PRELIMINARY
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE – 119
9. MEDICAL CANNABIS, PART III: CBD FACTS, FADS, AND POSSIBILITIES – 139
10. WHEN CANNABINOID RECEPTORS DISAPPEAR – 157
11 . WHEN ADDICTION HIJACKS THE BRAIN’S REWARD SYSTEM 173
12. ADOLESCENTS AND CANNABIS 191
13. FURTHER CONSEQUENCES OF USING CANNABIS TOO FREQUENTLY – 218
14. TREATMENT AND RECOVERY – 240
15. PUBLIC HEALTH AND POLITICS – 267
EPILOGUE: THE FUTURE OF CANNABIS – 283
Acknowledgments – 299 Glossary – 301 Further Reading – 308 Figure Sources – 313 Index