The Medical Cannabis Guidebook: The Definitive Guide To Using and Growing Medicinal Marijuana

by Jeff Ditchfield, Mel Thomas

Overview

With 18 states that have legalized the use of marijuana for medical purposes, more Americans are curious about medical cannabis: How can it help me? What illnesses does it alleviate? How do I procure it? The Medical Cannabis Guidebook: The Definitive Guide To Using and Growing Medicinal Marijuana is the most exhaustive guide to medicinal cannabis produced to date, with information regarding the types of illnesses and diseases that can be helped by cannabis, real case studies from medical users, grow information, legal advice, and more. With many recipes for extracts, descriptions of administration techniques, and discussions of the therapeutic uses of cannabis throughout the ages, The Medical Cannabis Guidebook serves as a handbook for cannabis use and also allows patients to make and grow their own medicine, prepare it in the correct way for their specific illness, dose correctly, and educate themselves so they can make their own informed choices. An indispensable guide for anyone needing medical cannabis, anyone curious about its uses and even long time users looking to get the most out of their medicine, this book is the only true medicinal cannabis handbook on the market today written by two world renowned and respected cannabis experts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937866112
Publisher:	Green Candy Press
Publication date:	11/11/2014
Pages:	312
Sales rank:	476,758
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jeff Ditchfield is a successful author, outspoken campaigner, and activist. He was part of Bud Buddies, the organization that supplied cannabis free of charge to medical users from 2002 to 2007. He is internationally acclaimed and respected for his research on cannabis-based oils and preparations for medicinal use. Mel Thomas is a former commercial grower who now campaigns against cannabis prohibition and has written for Releaf, Weed World, Cannabis Culture and Grow Magazine as well as authoring the wildly successful grow book Cannabis Cultivation, which has been in print for 10 years. Between them, the authors have written four best-selling books on cannabis and are both involved with Bud Buddies II, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping and advising medical marijuana patients and cancer sufferers in particular. Both live in London.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why is Cannabis Illegal? vii

So Why is There Almost Global Prohibition of this Plant? viii

Quotes from Anslinger's "Gore Files" xii

Sativex Spray xv

Chapter 1 The Cannabis Plant 1

Cannabis Sativa 3

Cannabis Indica 5

Cannabis Ruderalis 7

Cannabis as a Crop 7

Chapter 2 How Cannabis Works 13

Cannabis as Medicine 15

Side Effects 18

Chapter 3 Administration 23

Medical Cannabis Today 26

Treating Internal Cancers with Cannabis Oil 28

Chemotherapy 30

Dosage (Cancer) 31

General Administration of Cannabis 32

Smoking 32

Vaporizers 35

Ingestion 38

Capsules 38

Cannabis Tinctures (Alcohol) 39

Cannabis Tincture (Glycerin) 41

Suppositories 41

Cannabis Cream for Topical Application 42

Intravenous (IV) 42

Chapter 4 Cannabis Cures 45

Conditions That Cannabis Can Assist With 47

Chapter 5 Making Cannabis Oil 83

Which Solvent? 83

Acetone 84

Ethanol 84

Isopropyl (ISO) 84

Step-by-Step Oil Extractions 86

Which Extraction Method to Use? 87

Crock Pot Extraction Method 87

QWISO 88

Butane Honey Oil (BHO) 93

Making Concentrated Cannabinoid Oil Without Solvents 99

Dosage Calculator for Infused Oil 101

How to Improve the Quality and Purity of Your Oils 101

Ice-Water Separation aka Isolator (Bubble Hash) 102

Chapter 6 Hemp Nutrition and Health 105

The Healing Seed 107

Hemp Nut (Hulled Hemp Seed) 110

Hemp Seed in Traditional Medicines 112

Further Benefits of Hemp Seed 113

Recommended Dosage 115

Juicing Raw Cannabis 122

Chapter 7 The Cannabis Kitchen 131

Decarboxylating Cannabis 133

Canna-Flour 134

Canna-Butter 135

Potency and Dosage Calculator for Canna-Butter 137

Canna-Infused Oil 138

Easy Canna-Edible Recipes 141

Chapter 8 Medicinal Cannabis Growing 151

Nutrients 153

Humidity and Temperature 154

Light 154

Standard Lighting Schedule 156

Water Requirements 158

Germinating Seeds 160

Identifying Cannabis Gender 161

Basic Cloning 163

Vegetative Growth 166

Flowering 168

Harvesting 169

Curing 170

Chapter 9 Frequently Asked Questions 175

Appendix I Cancer-Fighting Foods 179

Appendix II Marijuana Legal Issues 187

Miranda Rights in the U.S 189

Canada 190

European Union 190

Appendix III Standardized Medication 193

Gas Chromatography 194

Calculating Dosage 195

References 198

Bibliography 205

About the Authors 209

Index 211