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FORMS OF CANNABIS In arid climates, such as Afghanistan or the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon, harvested cannabis has for centuries been dried and sieved to collect its cannabinoid-rich gland heads….

DELIVERY AND DOSING From the clay chillum pipes of Goa, India, to miniature electronic vaporizers, there are hundreds of choices for delivering cannabis into the body. The most appropriate medical…

STORING CANNABIS Whether you have dried flowers, pressed hash, tinctures, oils, waxes, or creams, there are a number of effective methods for storing cannabis, all of which serve to protect…

PHYTOCANNABINOIDS AND TERPENOIDS—THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVE INGREDIENTS OF MEDICINAL CANNABIS More than 700 chemical constituents are produced within the cannabis plant.31 Of these, the cannabinoids, a group of over 80 molecules…

THE CANNABIS PLANT Current genetic understanding places cannabis within the plant family Cannabaceae. This small family consists of flowering plants that originated within the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere….

CANNABIS CONTAMINANTS, PATHOGENS, PESTICIDES, AND ADULTERANTS Medical cannabis needs to be clean to protect patients from needless and occasionally dangerous exposure to pathogens, pesticides, and adulterants. The best way to…