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Glossary

A

AIDS

Affective Disorder (mood disorder)

Alzheimer Disease

Analgesic

Antiemetic

Anxiety

Arthritis

Asthma

B

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)

C

Cachexia

Cancer

Cannabaceae

Cannabinoids

Cannabidiol

Cannabis

Carcinogen

Chemotherapy

Chronic Pain

Clinical Trial

Controlled Substance

Controlled Substances Act

Crohn disease

D

Decriminalization

Dementia

Depression

Diagnosis

Disease

Double-Blind Trial/Study

Dronabinol

Drug

Drug Abuse

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

E

E-Cigarette

Efficacy

Endocannabinoid

Epilepsy

F

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

G

Ganja

Gateway Drug

Genus

Glaucoma

H

Hashish

Hallucination

Hemp

Hepatitis C

High

Human Body

I

Immune System

Intraocular Pressure

J

Joint

K

L

M

Marijuana

Marinol

Medical Cannabis

Medicine

Metabolism

Migraine

Multiple Sclerosis

N

Narcotic

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Nausea

Neurology

Nostrum

O

Oncology

Opioid

P

Pain

Paranoia

Paraquat

Parkinson Disease

Peer-Review

Pharmaceutical

Plant

Pot

Potency

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Prescription Drug

Psychoactive

Psychosis

Public Policy

Q

R

Receptor

Reefer

Regulation

Resin

S

Schizophrenia

Sinsemilla

Smoking

Spasticity

Species

Spliff

T

T-cells

Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

Therapeutics

Titration

Tourette Syndrome

Toxicity

Trichomes

U

Ulcerative colitis

US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

US Department of Justice (DOJ)

V

Vape

W

Weed

X

Y

Z

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