Handbook of Cannabis and Related Pathologies

Handbook of Cannabis and Related Pathologies: Biology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, and Treatment is the first book to take an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of cannabis use and misuse. Recent worldwide trends toward decriminalizing marijuana for medical use have increased legal use of the drug and recreational use remains high, making cannabis one of the most commonly used drugs.

Cannabis has a wide range of adverse neurological effects, and use and abuse can lead to physical, social, and psychopathological issues that are multifarious and complex. Effective understanding and treatment requires knowledge of the drug's effects from across scientific disciplines.

This book provides an overview of the biological and pharmacological components of the cannabis plant, outlines its neurological, social, and psychopathological effects, assists in the diagnosis and screening for use and dependency, and aids researchers in developing effective treatments for cannabis-related issues and disorders.

Fully illustrated, with contributions from internationally recognized experts, it is the go-to resource for neuroscientists, pharmacologists, pathologists, public-health workers, and any other researcher who needs an in-depth and cross-disciplinary understanding of cannabis and its effects.

1. The Cannabis Plant: Botanical Aspects 2. The biosynthesis of cannabinoids 3. Increasing plant concentrations of THC and implications on health related disorders 3. Age as a Predictor of Cannabis Use 4. Lifetime cannabis use and cognition in psychosis spectrum disorders 5. A Profile of Synthetic Cannabinoid Users 6. Dual disorders in cannabis misuse 7. Cannabis use and cognitive function 8. Cannabis, migration and psychosis onset 9. The global epidemiology and disease burden of cannabis use and dependence 10. International aspects of cannabis use and misuse - the Australian perspective 11. International aspects of cannabis use and misuse: Egypt 12. Cannabis Body Packing - A Caribbean Perspective 13. Gender differences in cannabis use disorders 14. The role of age in the onset and further development of cannabis use disorders 15. Effects of Cannabis Use on Neurocognition in Adolescents and Emerging Adults with Psychiatric Comorbidities 16. Correlates and consequences of prenatal cannabis exposure (PCE): identifying and characterizing vulnerable maternal populations and determining outcomes for exposed offspring 17. Cannabis and clubbing: Relevance of cannabis and polydrug use in the clubbing culture today 18. Cannabis and Sexual Behavior 19. Friendships and Cannabis Use 20. Students' knowledge of cannabis 21. Childhood trauma and cannabis - risk factors in severe mental disorders 22. Parent's Influence on Their Children's Cannabis Use 23. Cannabis Users and Premorbid Intellectual Quotient (IQ) 24. Cannabis and traffic accidents 25. Drug-related pictures, attentional bias, and cannabis use 26. Cannabis use and first-episode psychosis patients (FEP) 27. Cannabis, associative memory, fMRI, and the Implicit Association Test 28. Stress Response in Cannabis Users and Psychosis 29. Motivation in Chronic Cannabis Use 30. Cannabis use and its association to mental illness: a focus on mood and anxiety disorders 31. Cannabis Use and Well-being 32. Craving and cannabis: A potential paradox 33. Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol and catalepsy-like immobilization 34. The interactive nature of cannabis and schizophrenia risk genes 35. Neuroimaging findings in Adolescent Cannabis use and Early Phase Psychosis 36. Cannabis smoking in adult schizophrenia: A cognitive and functional magnetic resonance imaging perspective 37. The long-lasting effects of cannabis use on movement and brain regions that control movement 38. Assessment of cannabis acute effects on driving skills: laboratory, simulator and on road studies 39. Chronic cannabis use and axonal fibre connectivity 40. Microglial activation and cannabis exposure 41. Cannabis and psychosis: correlation, causality and consequences 42. Cannabis use and cannabis use disorders in bipolar disorder - causes and consequences 43. Cannabis use in epilepsy - risks and benefits 44. Cannabis, cannabinoids and visceral pain. 45. Cannabis and Post-Operative Analgesia 46. Chronic cannabis abuse and thyroid function 47. Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome 48. Cannabis and Cannabinoids and the effects on gastrointestinal function: an overview 49. Cardiovascular Effects of Cannabis Usage 50. Cannabis and Stroke 51. Cannabis Smoking and the Lung 52. Cannabis and hepatic injury 53. Cannabis allergy: more than a bad trip 54. Marijuana and Breastfeeding 55. Hypocretins/orexins and addiction: role in cannabinoid dependence 56. Regulatory role of cannabinoids for skin barrier functions and cutaneous inflammation 57. Cannabinoids and the Cannabinoid Receptors: An Overview 58. Signalling and Regulation of the Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor 59. Allosteric modulation of the Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor 60. The polymorphisms of the CB2 cannabinoid receptor 61. Chemistry of Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists 62. The endocannabinoid system as a target for new antiseizure drugs 63. Pharmacological aspects of anandamide and 2-arachidonoyglycerol as bioactive lipids 64. Pharmaco