With 18 states that have legalized the use of marijuana for medical purposes, more Americans are curious about medical cannabis: How can it help me? What illnesses does it alleviate? How do I procure it? The Medical Cannabis Guidebook: The Definitive Guide To Using and Growing Medicinal Marijuana is the most exhaustive guide to medicinal cannabis produced to date, with information regarding the types of illnesses and diseases that can be helped by cannabis, real case studies from medical users, grow information, legal advice, and more. With many recipes for extracts, descriptions of administration techniques, and discussions of the therapeutic uses of cannabis throughout the ages, The Medical Cannabis Guidebook serves as a handbook for cannabis use and also allows patients to make and grow their own medicine, prepare it in the correct way for their specific illness, dose correctly, and educate themselves so they can make their own informed choices. An indispensable guide for anyone needing medical cannabis, anyone curious about its uses and even long time users looking to get the most out of their medicine, this book is the only true medicinal cannabis handbook on the market today written by two world renowned and respected cannabis experts.

Jeff Ditchfield is a successful author, outspoken campaigner, and activist. He was part of Bud Buddies, the organization that supplied cannabis free of charge to medical users from 2002 to 2007. He is internationally acclaimed and respected for his research on cannabis-based oils and preparations for medicinal use. Mel Thomas is a former commercial grower who now campaigns against cannabis prohibition and has written for Releaf, Weed World, Cannabis Culture and Grow Magazine as well as authoring the wildly successful grow book Cannabis Cultivation, which has been in print for 10 years. Between them, the authors have written four best-selling books on cannabis and are both involved with Bud Buddies II, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping and advising medical marijuana patients and cancer sufferers in particular. Both live in London.