Cannabis - A Comprehensive Guide The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes can be traced back
to antiquity but it is only recently that it has garnered attention as one of the most
exciting medical-pharmaceutical topics. In hardly any other area of pharmacotherapy has
knowledge of late developed with comparable dynamism. Experts from different fields are
continuously working on new scientific evidence for the therapeutic use of cannabis and
cannabinoids in order to provide patients with quality-assured cannabis medicines. For the
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this topic addressing the following subjects: History | Botany | Biosynthesis | Breeding and
Cultivation | Import | Supply chain | Quality Assurance and Quality Control | Pharmacology |
Biopharmacy and Pharmacokinetics | Indications and Evidence of Pharmacotherapy | Risks and Side
Effects | Driving Safety | Legal Status of Cannabinoid-containing Medicinal Products and
Non-Medicinal Products | Case Studies from Selected European Countries | Dosage Forms and Ways
of Administration | Forms of Consumption in Recreational Use | Identity Testing of Starting
Materials | Manufacture of Magistral Preparations and Officinal Medicinal Products | Legal
Status of Cannabis Prescriptions | Reimbursement and Price Calculation | Narcotics
Documentation | Legal Framework Conditions of Care | Patient Counselling The concentrated
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