Product Description: Thanks to its best-known use, any mention of cannabis tends to bring up jokes about the munchies or debates about marijuana and legalized drug use. But this not-so-innocent flowering plant was one of the first to be domesticated by humans, and it has been used in spiritual, therapeutic, and even punitive applications ever since—in addition to its more recreational purpose...read more

Product Description: An in-depth study of the most widely-used and controversial drug in the world today.To some it’s anathema, to others it provides relief from crippling pain; to others still, it is a legal anomaly and should be decriminalized. Whatever the viewpoint, and by whatever name it is known, cannabis -- or marijuana, hashish, dope, kif, weed, dagga, grass, ganga -- incites debate at every level...read more

Discusses the uses of marijuana in both the past and present, issues surrounding medicinal marijuana, the use of marijuana for spiritual enhancement and creative inspiration, and the effects of legislation banning marijuana use.