Cannabis

From social history to substance addiction, brain chemistry to business management, discover informational texts that explore marijuana and its recreational and medical use, selected by RCL subject editors. Resources for College Libraries (RCL) features 90,000+ core titles for academic libraries, curated by Choice/ACRL subject specialists and available at rclweb.net.

Updated July 1, 2026
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Cannabinoids
Parker, Linda
Paper Book
The mysteries of the brain's own cannabinoid system exposed and explained. Though cannabis has been used, for pain or pleasure, for over 4000 years, only lately have we learned, first, what makes it work and, more recently, how. Unraveling the mystery of the human brain's special...
Getting high : marijuana through the ages
Chasteen, John Charles
Paper Book
This fascinating book traces the global history of marijuana, reaching back thousands of years. Noted historian John Charles Chasteen follows the use of the drug since Neolithic times, which makes marijuana among the first domesticated plants. Surprisingly, though, only infrequently has it been...

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