Cannabis

Medical Aspects

Blair Henry, Arnav Arnav Agarwal, Edward Chow, Hatim A Omar, Joav Merrick (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

235 Seiten

2017
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-5361-0510-0 (ISBN)

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Cannabis has a long history of medicinal use, dating back thousands of years, but with the discovery of morphine, hypodermic needles and other fast acting synthetic opioids in the nineteenth and the turn of the twentieth century, cannabis use declined as a medication. For most of the past six decades, cannabis has been considered a recreational drug and considered illegal in many jurisdictions. Yet, in the past few years, its association with medicine has made a dramatic comeback. In the past several years, claims on the potential for cannabis to treat, cure and prevent a number of diseases and conditions has led some to query as to whether these claims are overstated. A game changer for medical cannabis has been the ability to consume it without a need to actually inhale it along with other negative products of combustion. Newer technologies that allow for the vaporisation of the full plant has made it less of a health concern. Noticeably the evidence on medical cannabis is lacking in both quality and quantity, and therehas been a lack of good evidence on both medical risks and therapeutic benefits of marijuana. The typical recommendation for physicians is that medical cannabis should not be a first line therapy and that documentation should outline that conventional therapies were attempted, but were not successful. In this book, we look at the many aspects involved with the medical use of cannabis.

Hatim A Omar, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology; Professor of Family Studies; and Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky, Lexington. He is the holder of the Children's Miracle Network Endowed Chair in Pediatrics. Dr. Omar has completed residency training in obstetrics and gynecology as well as pediatrics. He has also completed fellowships in vascular physiology and adolescent medicine. Dr. Omar is the founder and chairman of the Stop Youth Suicide Cmpaign. He is the recipient of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Governor's Award for community service and volunteerism in 2000, Kentucky Teen Pregnancy Coalition Award for outstanding service 2002, Awards for suicide prevention from the Ohio Valley Society for Adolescent Medicine and Kentucky Pediatric Society in 2005 and 2007, Sexual Abuse Awareness Month Award for his work with sexual abuse victims from the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Professionals in 2007, Special Achievement Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics 2007 and the Founders of Adolescent Medicine Award from the AAP in 2007. He is well known internationally with numerous publications in child health, public health, pediatrics, adolescent medicine, pediatric and adolescent gynecology. Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, (Medical Director, Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Adolescent Medicine, KY Childrens Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Lexington, Kentucky, US; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centers, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel; School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, US)

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Erscheinungsdatum	05.01.2017
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	668 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Suchtkrankheiten
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-5361-0510-4 / 1536105104
ISBN-13	978-1-5361-0510-0 / 9781536105100
Zustand	Neuware