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[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Cannabis sativa for health and hemp / / Ethan L. Clark, editor"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publisher, c2011"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-62808-825-7"]
[null,null,"Edizione",null,"[1st ed.]"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (181 p.)"]
[null,null,"Collana",null,"Public health in the 21st century"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"615/.7827"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Cannabinoids - Therapeutic use - United States"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Cannabis - United States"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Marijuana - Law and legislation - United States"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Description based upon print version of record."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Intro -- CANNABIS SATIVA FOR HEALTH AND HEMP -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1    MEDICAL MARIJUANA: REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF FEDERAL AND STATE POLICIES* -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION: THE ISSUE BEFORE CONGRESS -- BACKGROUND: MEDICAL MARIJUANA PRIOR TO 1937 -- FEDERAL MEDICAL MARIJUANA POLICY -- Congressional Actions -- The Marihuana Tax Act of 19376 -- Controlled Substances Act (1970) -- Anti-Medical Marijuana Legislation in the 105th Congress (1998) -- The Hinchey-Rohrabacher Amendment (2003-2007) 22 -- Legislative Activity in the 110th Congress -- Medical Marijuana Measures in the 111th Congress -- Executive Branch Actions and Policies -- IND Compassionate Access Program (1978) -- Approval of Marinol (1985) -- Administrative Law Judge Ruling to Reschedule Marijuana (1988) -- NIH-Sponsored Workshop (1997) -- Institute of Medicine Report (1999) -- Denial of Petition to Reschedule Marijuana (2001) -- FDA Statement That Smoked Marijuana Is Not Medicine (2006) -- Administrative Law Judge Ruling to Grow Research Marijuana (2007-2009) -- DEA Enforcement Actions Against Medical Marijuana Providers -- The Obama Administration and Medical Marijuana -- Medical Cannabis in the Courts: Major Cases -- U.S. v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative (2001) -- Conant v. Walters (2002) -- Gonzales v. Raich (2005) -- Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Lawsuit Against HHS -- STATE AND LOCAL REFERENDA AND LEGISLATION -- States Allowing Use of Medical Marijuana70 -- Statistics on Medical Marijuana Users -- California (1996) -- Oregon (1998) -- Alaska "]
[{"$nulls":4},"(1998) -- Washington (1998) -- Maine (1999) -- Hawaii (2000) -- Colorado (2000) -- Nevada (2000) -- Vermont (2004) -- Montana (2004) -- Rhode Island (2006) -- New Mexico (2007) -- Michigan (2008) -- New Jersey (2010) -- Other State and Local Medical Marijuana Laws."]
[{"$nulls":4},"Arizona (1996) -- Maryland (2003) -- Other State Laws -- District of Columbia (1998) -- Local Measures -- PUBLIC OPINION ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA -- ANALYSIS OF ARGUMENTS FOR  AND AGAINST MEDICAL MARIJUANA -- Marijuana Is Harmful and Has No Medical Value -- Marijuana Effectively Treats the Symptoms of Some Diseases -- Smoking Is an Improper Route of Drug Administration -- Marijuana Should Be Rescheduled to Permit Medical Use -- State Medical Marijuana Laws Increase Illicit Drug Use -- Medical Marijuana Undermines the War on Drugs -- Diversion -- Changed State and Local Law Enforcement Priorities -- Distinguishing Between Legal and Illegal Providers and Users -- Patients Should Not Be Arrested for Using Medical Marijuana -- The States Should Be Allowed to Experiment -- Medical Marijuana Laws Harm the Drug Approval Process -- The Medical Marijuana Movement Is Politically Inspired -- End Notes -- Chapter 2    HEMP AS AN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERVIEW OF CANNABIS VARIETIES -- Comparison of Hemp and Marijuana -- Production Differences -- Hemp -- Marijuana -- HEMP PRODUCTION AND USE -- Commercial Uses of Hemp -- Demand in the United States -- U.S. Retail Market -- U.S. Hemp Imports -- GLOBAL PRODUCTION -- Current International Production -- Historical U.S. Production -- LEGAL STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES -- Federal Law -- Previous DEA Actions -- DEA's 2003 Rules -- Dispute over Hemp Food Imports (1999-2004) -- Other Recent Policy Statements -- Other Federal Actions -- State Laws -- Actions in Selected States -- LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- APPENDIX. LISTING OF SELECTED HEMP STUDIES -- End Notes -- Chapter 3    INDUSTRIAL HEMP IN THE UNITED STATES:  STATUS AND MARKET POTENTIAL -- ABSTRACT -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- IDENTIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL HEMP OR MARIJUANA? -- HISTORY -- INDUSTRIAL HEMP IN CANADA."]
[{"$nulls":4},"PLANT CHARACTERISTICS AND GROWING REQUIREMENTS -- HARVESTING, RETTING, AND FIBER SEPARATION -- Harvesting -- Retting -- Fiber Separation -- U.S. HEMP FIBER AND FABRIC IMPORTS -- FIBER MARKETS -- Specialty Textiles -- Paper and Composites -- Other Potential Uses -- Hemp Hurds -- SEED MARKETS -- POTENTIAL U.S. PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING -- Possible Yields -- Processing -- Estimated Costs and Returns -- U.S. Experience with Kenaf and Flax -- STATE STUDY FINDINGS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX I: HEALTH CANADA- COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP MARCH 1998 -- APPENDIX II OVERSUPPLY OF SMALL, THIN MARKETS -- General Economic Theory -- Case Studies -- Poinsettias -- Emus -- Organic Mesclun -- APPENDIX III. STATE REPORT SUMMARIES -- Summary. -- Report to the Governor's Hemp and Related Fiber Crops Task Force -- Commonwealth of Kentucky, June 1995 -- Summary -- Feasibility of Industrial Hemp Production in the United States Pacific Northwest -- May 1998 -- Executive Summary. -- Economic Impact of Industrial Hemp in Kentucky -- July 1998 -- Executive Summary. -- Industrial Hemp as an Alternative Crop in North Dakota -- July 1998 -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX."]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","The issue before Congress is whether to continue the federal prosecution of medical marijuana patients and their providers, in accordance with the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA), or whether to relax federal marijuana prohibition enough to permit the "]
[{"$nulls":4},"medicinal use of botanical cannabis products when recommended by a physician, especially where permitted under state law. Fourteen states, mostly in the West, have enacted laws allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes, and many thousands of patients are seeking relief from a variety of serious illnesses by smoking marijuana or using other herbal cannabis preparations. This book examines the use of cannabis sativa for medicinal purposes and hemp as an agricultural commodity."]