Healing with Cannabis: The Evolution of the Endocannabinoid System and How Cannabinoids Help Relieve PTSD Pain Anxiety and More

Healing with Cannabis informs readers about an ancient biological system newly discovered in every vertebrate on the planet-the endocannabinoid system. This system is the only reason cannabis works in the body and it's why cannabis is effective in a broad range of disorders.

The book offers an informal tone a little humor interviews with some of the most knowledgeable cannabinoid scientists color images and a selection of research and clinical trials to recount the story of the endocannabinoid system its origins in the earliest forms of life on Earth the evolution of its elements and the discoveries millions of years later of more of its elements over time.

Healing with Cannabis explains the surprising reasons evolution conserved the endocannabinoid system over a billion years and tells specifically how cannabis has positive effects on some of society's most devastating illnesses including neurodegenerative diseases posttraumatic stress disorder pain movement disorders cancer and chemotherapy and addiction.