Title Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 - How Safe is Marijuana? -- History of Marijuana as Medicine -- Chapter 2 - What Marijuana Does -- Chemical Composition of Marijuana -- First-Time Use -- Tolerance -- Drug Interactions -- Addiction -- Impaired Driving -- Physical Effects -- Marijuana in the Body -- Overdose and Treatment -- The Paradoxical Effects of Marijuana -- Set and Setting -- Cannabis Substitutes -- Marinol® (Dronabinol)-Oral Synthetic THC -- Marinol, Marijuana, and Drug Testing -- Sativex®: Cannabis Extract Spray -- Nabilone: A non-natural cannabinoid analogue -- Rimonabant: the "Anti-Pot" Pill -- Chapter 3 - Medicinal Uses of Marijuana -- SPECIFIC USES FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA: -- AIDS and HIV -- ANTI-CONVULSANT AND ANTI-SPASMODIC EFFECTS -- ANALGESIA (PAIN RELIEF) -- ANTI-INFLAMMATION, IMMUNE SYSTEM MODULATION, AND NEUROPROTECTION -- OTHER AUTOIMMUNE INFLAMMATORY DISEASES -- PSYCHIATRIC AND MOOD DISORDERS -- HARM REDUCTION SUBSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG DEPENDENCY -- OTHER APPLICATIONS -- Chapter 4 - Adverse Effects, Real and Imaginary -- SITUATIONAL CONCERNS -- MARIJUANA MYTHS -- REAL CONCERNS -- Chapter 5 - Growing Medicinal Marijuana -- THE PLANT -- GROWING YOUR OWN MEDICINE -- Chapter 6 - Preparation and Dosage Methods -- METHODS OF SMOKING -- Chapter 7 - Cooking with Marijuana -- BEVERAGES -- DESSERTS -- SAUCES -- Chapter 8 - Dealing with Drug Testing -- Blood Tests -- Hair Tests -- Saliva Tests -- Dealing With Urine Tests -- Tampering -- Avoiding On-Cause Testing -- Chapter 9 - Choosing a Variety -- TERPENES -- HOW TO SELECT A MARIJUANA VARIETY TO MATCH A PATIENT'S NEEDS -- Chapter 10 - Obtaining Medical Marijuana -- Physician Recommendations -- Conditions Allowed -- Registration -- Quantity Limits -- Patient Cooperatives -- Medical Cannabis Dispensaries -- Shopping for Cannabis Dispensaries.

Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- Copyright Page.