Chapter 1 CANNABIS USE AND ABUSE BY MAN: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE / Simon Wills -- chapter 2 THE CANNABIS PLANT: BOTANY, CULTIVATION AND PROCESSING FOR USE / Amala Raman -- chapter 3 THE CHEMISTRY OF CANNABIS / Amala Raman -- chapter 4 ANALYTICAL AND LEGISLATIVE ASPECTS OF CANNABIS / Geoffrey F. Phillips -- chapter 5 NON-MEDICINAL USES OF CANNABIS SATIVA / David T. Brown -- chapter 6 ADVANCES IN CANNABINOID RECEPTOR PHARMACOLOGY / Roger G. Pertwee -- chapter 7 THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL FOR CANNABIS AND ITS DERIVATIVES / David T. Brown -- chapter 8 CANNABIS AND CANNABINOIDS IN PAIN RELIEF / Mario A.P. Price -- chapter 9 CANNABIS ADDICTION AND WITHDRAWAL: ATTITUDES AND IMPLICATIONS / David E. Smith -- chapter 10 SIDE EFFECTS OF CANNABIS USE AND ABUSE / Simon Wills