Book Description
Illustrating the benefits of marijuana in easing the trauma of HIV/AIDS patients, this book offers a broad medical overview of the subject, followed by an insider's view of the twenty-year history of HIV/AIDS and its relationship to cannabis and the medical marijuana movement. Including two studies of clinical cannabis usage, a state-of-the-art review of immunological and pulmonary issues, and a look at alternatives to smoking such as vaporisation, suppositories, sublingual extracts and aerosol preparations, this is the ultimate resource on the subject.
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Synopsis
Contributors in medicine, microbiology, and marijuana legalization advocacy report on the latest research into medical uses of marijuana in AIDs/HIV patients and alternative delivery methods. Specific topics include therapeutic cannabis as an antiemetic in persons with AIDS, differential effects of medical marijuana based on strain and route of adm
