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If one is looking for a recent and comprehensive volume on cannabis, this is it! From general knowledge to the arcane, this near-exhaustive CRC Press volume covers the natural and anthropological history, biochemistry, taxonomy, biology, and uses of cannabis. The chapter entitled The Commercial Marijuana Revolution provides a brief and informative history and analysis of legalized/commercial marijuana in the US. This well-annotated, science-based volume considers both hemp and marijuana, as well as their near relatives. The volume is documented and illustrated well; it contains color photos, high quality illustrations, and diagrams. A touch of humor is added to the subject, with references to the hemp car and depictions of pot growers from the 1970s through the present era. The chapters Medical Marijuana: Theory and Practice and Medical Marijuana: Production are useful and informative for those interested in the actual science of this topic, as well as discussions pertaining to the history of cannabis use and the potential for treating multiple medical and psychological conditions. --S. T. Meiers, Western Illinois University Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals. Source: October 2017 issue of CHOICE In addition to the potential interest of scientific, scholarly and administrative specialists, the general public ought to find Small's new book worthy of detailed reference because of the vast and still growing concern today in Cannabis. In sum and without reservation, I would recommend that readers with an inquisitive and intellectual passion for having a vast amount of information about one of the world's most useful and yet most notorious groups of plants obtain Ernest Small's latest and by far his most comprehensive Cannabis publication. - Mark Merlin, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA Source: Economic Botany, Winter 2017 If one is looking for a recent and comprehensive volume on cannabis, this is it! From general knowledge to the arcane, this near-exhaustive CRC Press volume covers the natural and anthropological history, biochemistry, taxonomy, biology, and uses of cannabis. The chapter entitled The Commercial Marijuana Revolution provides a brief and informative history and analysis of legalized/commercial marijuana in the US. This well-annotated, science-based volume considers both hemp and marijuana, as well as their near relatives. The volume is documented and illustrated well; it contains color photos, high quality illustrations, and diagrams. A touch of humor is added to the subject, with references to the hemp car and depictions of pot growers from the 1970s through the present era. The chapters Medical Marijuana: Theory and Practice and Medical Marijuana: Production are useful and informative for those interested in the actual science of this topic, as well as discussions pertaining to the history of cannabis use and the potential for treating multiple medical and psychological conditions. --S. T. Meiers, Western Illinois University Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals. Source: October 2017 issue of CHOICE In addition to the potential interest of scientific, scholarly and administrative specialists, the general public ought to find Small's new book worthy of detailed reference because of the vast and still growing concern today in Cannabis. In sum and without reservation, I would recommend that readers with an inquisitive and intellectual passion for having a vast amount of information about one of the world's most useful and yet most notorious groups of plants obtain Ernest Small's latest and by far his most comprehensive Cannabis publication. - Mark Merlin, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA Source: Economic Botany, Winter 2017

If one is looking for a recent and comprehensive volume on cannabis, this is it! From general knowledge to the arcane, this near-exhaustive CRC Press volume covers the natural and anthropological history, biochemistry, taxonomy, biology, and uses of cannabis. The chapter entitled The Commercial Marijuana Revolution provides a brief and informative history and analysis of legalized/commercial marijuana in the US. This well-annotated, science-based volume considers both hemp and marijuana, as well as their near relatives. The volume is documented and illustrated well; it contains color photos, high quality illustrations, and diagrams. A touch of humor is added to the subject, with references to the hemp car and depictions of pot growers from the 1970s through the present era. The chapters Medical Marijuana: Theory and Practice and Medical Marijuana: Production are useful and informative for those interested in the actual science of this topic, as well as discussions pertaining to the history of cannabis use and the potential for treating multiple medical and psychological conditions. --S. T. Meiers, Western Illinois University Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals. Source: October 2017 issue of CHOICE In addition to the potential interest of scientific, scholarly and administrative specialists, the general public ought to find Small's new book worthy of detailed reference because of the vast and still growing concern today in Cannabis. In sum and without reservation, I would recommend that readers with an inquisitive and intellectual passion for having a vast amount of information about one of the world's most useful and yet most notorious groups of plants obtain Ernest Small's latest and by far his most comprehensive Cannabis publication. - Mark Merlin, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA Source: Economic Botany, Winter 2017

"If one is looking for a recent and comprehensive volume on cannabis, this is it! From general knowledge to the arcane, this near-exhaustive CRC Press volume covers the natural and anthropological history, biochemistry, taxonomy, biology, and uses of cannabis. The chapter entitled ""The Commercial Marijuana Revolution"" provides a brief and informative history and analysis of legalized/commercial marijuana in the US. This well-annotated, science-based volume considers both hemp and marijuana, as well as their near relatives. The volume is documented and illustrated well; it contains color photos, high quality illustrations, and diagrams. A touch of humor is added to the subject, with references to the ""hemp car"" and depictions of pot growers from the 1970s through the present era. The chapters ""Medical Marijuana: Theory and Practice"" and ""Medical Marijuana: Production"" are useful and informative for those interested in the actual science of this topic, as well as discussions pertaining to the history of cannabis use and the potential for treating multiple medical and psychological conditions. --S. T. Meiers, Western Illinois University Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals. Source: October 2017 issue of CHOICE In addition to the potential interest of scientific, scholarly and administrative specialists, the general public ought to find Small’s new book worthy of detailed reference because of the vast and still growing concern today in Cannabis. In sum and without reservation, I would recommend that readers with an inquisitive and intellectual passion for having a vast amount of information about one of the world’s most useful and yet most notorious groups of plants obtain Ernest Small’s latest and by far his most comprehensive Cannabis publication. - Mark Merlin, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA Source: Economic Botany, Winter 2017"

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"Dr. Ernest Small received a doctorate in plant evolution from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1969, and has since been employed with the Research Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, where he presently holds the status of Principal Research Scientist. He is the author of 14 previous books, six of which received or were nominated for major awards. He has also authored over 350 scientific publications on plants. Dr. Small’s career has included dozens of appearances as an expert botanical witness in court cases, acting as an adviser to national governments, presenting numerous invited university and professional association lectures, supervising post-graduate students at various universities, participating in international societies and committees, journal editing and media interviews. He has been an adjunct professor at several universities, and currently has this status at Ryerson University in Toronto. Dr. Small is widely known for his work on hemp and marijuana, which has included development of a standard strain that has been the basis of all licensed medicinal marijuana in Canada for more than a decade, supplying over 100,000 patients. Dr. Small published two previous books and more than 40 research papers on Cannabis. He has received several professional honors, including: election as a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London; the G.M. Cooley Prize of the American Association of Plant Taxonomists for work on the marijuana plant; the Agcellence Award for distinguished contributions to agriculture; the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee medal for contributions to science; the George Lawson Medal, the most prestigious award of the Canadian Botanical Association, for lifetime contributions to botany; and the Lane Anderson Award, a $10,000.00 prize for science popularization, received for ""Top 100 Food Plants."" His most recent books, ""Top 100 Exotic Food Plants,"" and ""North American Cornucopia: top 100 indigenous food plants,"" were finalists for the Botanical and Horticultural Libraries’ award."

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