Cannabis

If one is looking for a recent and comprehensive volume on cannabis, this is it! From general knowledge to the arcane, this near-exhaustive CRC Press volume covers the natural and anthropological history, biochemistry, taxonomy, biology, and uses of cannabis. The chapter entitled "The Commercial Marijuana Revolution" provides a brief and informative history and analysis of legalized/commercial marijuana in the US. This well-annotated, science-based volume considers both hemp and marijuana, as well as their near relatives. The volume is documented and illustrated well; it contains color photos, high quality illustrations, and diagrams. A touch of humor is added to the subject, with references to the "hemp car" and depictions of pot growers from the 1970s through the present era. The chapters "Medical Marijuana: Theory and Practice" and "Medical Marijuana: Production" are useful and informative for those interested in the actual science of this topic, as well as discussions pertaining to the history of cannabis use and the potential for treating multiple medical and psychological conditions.

--S. T. Meiers, Western Illinois University

Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals.

Source: October 2017 issue of CHOICE

In addition to the potential interest of scientific, scholarly and administrative specialists, the general public ought to find Small's new book worthy of detailed reference because of the vast and still growing concern today in Cannabis. In sum and without reservation, I would recommend that readers with an inquisitive and intellectual passion for having a vast amount of information about one of the world's most useful and yet most notorious groups of plants obtain Ernest Small's latest and by far his most comprehensive Cannabis publication.

- Mark Merlin, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA

Source: Economic Botany, Winter 2017

If one is looking for a recent and comprehensive volume on cannabis, this is it! From general knowledge to the arcane, this near-exhaustive CRC Press volume covers the natural and anthropological history, biochemistry, taxonomy, biology, and uses of cannabis. The chapter entitled "The Commercial Marijuana Revolution" provides a brief and informative history and analysis of legalized/commercial marijuana in the US. This well-annotated, science-based volume considers both hemp and marijuana, as well as their near relatives. The volume is documented and illustrated well; it contains color photos, high quality illustrations, and diagrams. A touch of humor is added to the subject, with references to the "hemp car" and depictions of pot growers from the 1970s through the present era. The chapters "Medical Marijuana: Theory and Practice" and "Medical Marijuana: Production" are useful and informative for those interested in the actual science of this topic, as well as discussions pertaining to the history of cannabis use and the potential for treating multiple medical and psychological conditions.

--S. T. Meiers, Western Illinois University

Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals.

Source: October 2017 issue of CHOICE

In addition to the potential interest of scientific, scholarly and administrative specialists, the general public ought to find Small's new book worthy of detailed reference because of the vast and still growing concern today in Cannabis. In sum and without reservation, I would recommend that readers with an inquisitive and intellectual passion for having a vast amount of information about one of the world's most useful and yet most notorious groups of plants obtain Ernest Small's latest and by far his most comprehensive Cannabis publication.

- Mark Merlin, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA

Source: Economic Botany, Winter 2017