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a brief guide for New Zealanders
Shaun Holt & Emma Dalton.
133 pages.
Contents: The world's most controversial medicine -- Legal, then illegal, then legal again -- One plant, many names, hundreds of chemicals -- A potpourri of products -- Does medical cannabis work? -- Is it safe? Potential harm from medical cannabis -- Medical cannabis in the real world -- The THC or not THC, that is the question.
Summary: A guide to the potential benefits and risks of using cannabis as a medicine. This book gives an overview of its history, and importantly, a summary of what the latest research shows about the use of cannabis as a medicine, and its potential benefits and risks. This book does not take a position on this issue but allows the reader to make their own informed decision before the upcoming referendum at the next election.