CANNABIS DICTIONARY

Everything you need to know about cannabis from health and science to THC and CBD. A cannabis revolution is taking place as people embrace it like never before. This rather classy hardback with bluey silver foil decoration takes an informed look at every aspect of this special plant. Hundreds of entries give key information from health effects, CBD oil and varieties of the plant, to legalisation, big business and psychological impact. The cannabis available now is far more potent than what was smoked at Woodstock in 1969 and the haziness of the culture of marijuana is largely unwritten as the plant went underground when it was made illegal in much of the Western world. With uses as diverse as paper, biofuel and even a building material, hemp was eventually proved to be bigger business than getting high. Already cannabis is the world's second favourite psychoactive drug after alcohol and hundreds of millions of people chose to consume it despite the risks in can pose to their reputation and liberty. There is every reason to believe that its use will grow exponentially as laws change and the stigma dissipates. This superb overview provides objective information on the history, culture, science and business of a fascinating plant that is on the brink of world conquest. Arranged A-Z from addiction, Amsterdam, Alex Berenson's book about marijuana, mental illness and violence, terms like blunt (a type of joint rolled in the skin of a cheap, hollowed-out cigar), drying, extraction, hash, hot knives, hydroponics, seeds, sinsemilla, synthetic cannabis, baking to wellness, the book is beautifully decorated with full page artworks and modern collages by Shonagh Rae.