Publisher's Synopsis
For the last 80 years or so, the major drivers of medical research, pharmaceutical companies, have focused on profitable synthetic drugs and little research has been done on cannabis chemistry and therapeutic applications.Cannabis has been a part of human history for a millennium. Until the early 20th century, it was used as medicine and a spiritual guide in cultures all over the planet.This book Describes the psychoactive constituents of cannabis and the effects on potency of growth conditions, genetics, harvesting techniques, and processing. Includes variations in THC and CBD content, species differentiation, seeds, grafting, cloning, bonsai marijuana, growing techniques, extraction of THC, preparation of hashish and hash oil, smoking vs eating, testing for THC and CBD, as well as legal concerns.
