Medical Cannabis (Marijuana or Marihuana) Bibliography
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Books
- if not in your local bookstore, new and used
books are often at www.amazon.com or www.half.com
Handbook of Cannabis Therapeutics:
From Bench to Bedside edited by Ethan Russo MD and Franjo
Grotenhermen MD (Haworth Press 2006) 1-800-HAWORTH.
Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Pharmacology, Toxicology, and
Therapeutic Potential edited by Franjo Grotenhermen MD and Ethan Russo MD
(Haworth Press 2002).
The
1999 National Academy of Sciences/
Is Marijuana the Right Medicine for You? A Factual Guide to
Medical Uses of Marijuana by Bill Zimmerman PhD with Rick Bayer MD and
A Primer on Drug Action: A Concise, Nontechnical Guide to
the Actions, Uses, and Side Effects of Psychoactive Drugs (Eighth
Edition) by Robert M Julien MD PhD (Freeman 1998)
Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts: A Review of the Scientific
Evidence by Lynn Zimmer PhD, and John Morgan MD (The Lindesmith
Center 1997) www.marijuanafacts.org
Marijuana
Medical Handbook: A Guide to Therapeutic Use by Ed Rosenthal, Dale
Gieringer PhD and Tod Mikuriya MD (Quick American Archives 1997) 1-800-428-7825
Ext. 102
Cannabis
in Medical Practice: A Legal, Historical, and Pharmacological Overview of the
Therapeutic Use of Marijuana edited by Mary Lynn Mathre RN
(McFarland & Company, Inc. 1997) www.medicalcannabis.com/reference.htm
Marihuana:
The Forbidden Medicine by Lester Grinspoon MD and James Bakalar JD (Yale
University Press 1997) 1-800-YUP-READ www.rxmarihuana.com
Hemp
for Health: The Medicinal and Nutritional Uses of Cannabis Sativa by Chris
Conrad (Healing Arts Press 1997) www.chrisconrad.com
Marihuana
Reconsidered by Lester Grinspoon MD (Harvard University Press 1971 and
1977 and Lester Grinspoon 1994 and Quick American Archives 1996) 1-800-428-7825
Ext. 102
Cancer Treatment & Marijuana Therapy edited by
Robert Randall (Galen Press 1990)
Marijuana:
Medical Papers 1839-1972 edited by Tod Mikuriya MD (Medi-Comp Press 1973)
online at www.mikuriya.com/mmp.html and www.mikuriya.com/cannabis.html
The Everything Marijuana Book by Alicia
Williamson (
After the War on Drugs: Blueprint
for Regulation by Transform Drug Policy Foundation (UK 2009) online at www.tdpf.org.uk/blueprint%20download.htm
Why
Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It: A Judicial Indictment of
the War on Drugs by Judge James P. Gray (Temple Press 2001)
Drug
Crazy: How We Got Into This Mess and How We Can Get Out by Mike
Gray (Random House 1998)
From
Chocolate to Morphine: Everything You Need to Know about Mind-Altering Drugs by Andrew
Weil MD and Jennifer Rosen (Houghton Mifflin 1983 and 1993)
Articles Online
- abstracts
or summaries are often online at the National Library of Medicine www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
International
Association for Cannabinoid Medicines (IACM) is an academic site with a
Database on Clinical Studies and Case Reports www.acmed.org/english/nav/home-science.htm
and the peer-reviewed Journal of Cannabis
Therapeutics (2001-04) and Cannabinoids (2005 - ). A
recent review is in Cannabinoids 2010;5
(special issue):1-21 (February 13, 2010) Review on clinical studies
with cannabis and cannabinoids 2005-2009.pdf by Drs. Arno Hazekamp and Franjo Grotenhermen. A prior review by
Dr. Mohamed Ben Anar Cannabinoids in medicine. A
review of their therapeutic potential.pdf [1972-2005] is in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology 105 (2006)
1–25.
O'Shaughnessy's Journal of
the California Cannabis Research Medical Group (CCRMG) www.ccrmg.org/journal.html
Solvay
Pharmaceuticals offers the only federally legal cannabinoid in the
GW
Pharmaceuticals developed Sativexâ, an herbal cannabis extract sprayed into the mouth. In
2005, it became available by prescription in
Developing
Science-Based Per Se Limits for Driving under the Influence of Cannabis by F
Grotenhermen MD et al 2005 Grotenhermen Cannabis Driving
Report 2005.pdf. You Are Going Directly To Jail: DUID Legislation:
What It Means, Who's Behind It, and Strategies to Prevent It by
Medical Marijuana and the Supreme Court by Susan Okie
MD New England Journal of Medicine 353;7 August 18, 2005
content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/353/7/648.pdf;
Medical Marijuana, American Federalism, and the Supreme
Court by Lawrence O Gostin JD
LLD (Hon) Journal of the American Medical Association 294;7
August 17, 2005 www.csdp.org/research/842.pdf
Federal Foolishness and Marijuana by Jerome Kassirer MD.
Marihuana as Medicine: A Plea for Reconsideration by L
Grinspoon MD and J Bakalar JD Journal of the American Medical Association
273(23)1995 www.rxmarihuana.com/jama.htm
Cannabis
Vaporizer Combines Efficient Delivery of THC with Effective Suppression of
Pyrolytic Compounds by Dale Gieringer, Joseph St. Laurent, Scott
Goodrich Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics 4(1) 2004 www.maps.org/mmj/Gieringer-vaporizer.pdf
NORML-MAPS
Study Shows Vaporizers Reduce Toxins in Marijuana Smoke by D
Gieringer PhD www.canorml.org/healthfacts/vaporizers.html
and www.mikuriya.com/can_vapor.html by Tod
Mikuriya MD.
Medical
Cannabis Update: Smokeless Marijuana by R Bayer MD 2004 www.alternativesmagazine.com/31/bayer.html
Dried, Activated, Oil-Free, Cannabis Capsules for Legal
Patients by R Bayer MD 2005 www.omma1998.org/mmjcaps1.1.pdf
Short-Term
Effects of Cannabinoids in Patients with HIV-1 Infection: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial by Donald
Abrams MD et al Annals of Internal Medicine. 2003;139:258
www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/139/4/258.pdf
Marijuana Does Not Appear to Alter Viral Loads of HIV
Patients Taking Protease Inhibitors by Donald Abrams MD.
Therapeutic
Cannabis (Marijuana) as an Antiemetic and Appetite Stimulant in Persons with
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) by
Cannabis
is more than simply D9–tetrahydrocannabinol
by
The Role of Cannabis and
Cannabinoids in Pain Management by Ethan Russo MD. Chapter 31
from Pain Management: A Practical Guide for Clinicians edited by Richard
S Weiner PhD (6th edition American
Cannabis Treatments in Obstetrics and Gynecology: A Historical Review by Ethan
Russo MD. Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics 2(3/4) 2002 www.freedomtoexhale.com/russo-ob.pdf
Chronic Cannabis Use in the Compassionate Investigational New Drug
Program: An Examination of Benefits and Adverse Effects of Legal Clinical Cannabis
by Ethan Russo, Mary Lynn Mathre, Al Byrne, Robert Velin, Paul Bach, Juan
Sanchez-Ramos, and Kristin Kirlin Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics 2(1)
2002 www.drugpolicy.org/docUploads/Chronic_Cannabis.pdf
Entire Charter Issue
Online: Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics 1(1) 2001 www.cannabis-med.org/jcant/Jcant1(1).pdf
includes Marijuana (Cannabis) As Medicine
by Leo Hollister MD and Effects of
Smoked Cannabis and Oral D 9 Tetrahydrocannabinol on Nausea and Emesis After
Cancer Chemotherapy: A Review of State Clinical Trials by Richard
Musty and Rita Rossi.
Inhalation Marijuana as an Antiemetic for Cancer Chemotherapy by V
Vinciguerra, T Moore, E Brennan New York State Med Journal Oct 1988 www.omma1998.org/omr_vinciguerra.html
Delta-9-THC as an Antiemetic in Cancer Patients Receiving High-Dose
Methotrexate by A Chang MD et al Annals of Internal Medicine
91(6) 1979 www.omma1998.org/omr_chang.html
Websites and Links
to many other websites and links:
Patients
Out of Time www.medicalcannabis.com
National
Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws (NORML) www.norml.org and
Drug
Policy Alliance (formerly
Drug Reform Coordination Network Online Library of Drug
Policy www.druglibrary.org
Media Awareness Project www.mapinc.org
Is the
Groups including the American and Oregon Medical
Associations and American Cancer Society support marijuana research. Federal
delay of research include Dr. Abram’s efforts to study Marijuana in AIDS
Wasting: www.maps.org/mmj/index.html and Dr.
Russo’s efforts in Acute Migraine Headache: www.maps.org/news-letters/v08n1/08115rus.html
Under federal law, it is illegal for doctors to prescribe marijuana/cannabis as
medicine even to dying and suffering patients to whom we routinely give drugs
such as morphine.
Who
Supports Access to Medical Cannabis?
See public opinion polls www.ohiopatient.net/projects/Poll_Analysis.htm
single page list of organizations www.medicalcannabis.com/PDF/Grouplist.pdf
supporting access to therapeutic cannabis and multi-page list of organizations
including statements and types of endorsements www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3388. The
Oregon Medical Association is "neutral" on the
A 2002 Federal Court of Appeals decision upheld First
Amendment rights of physicians to recommend medical use of marijuana: http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/ommp/legal.shtml
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