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REVIEWS & KEVIEWS marijuana. Dr Holland contributes several chapters, including an interview with Michael Pollan of Botany of Desire fame. The Pot Book blows away the myths and misconceptions associated with marijuana use and offers social and political solutions to what need not be an intractable problem. keeping them ship-shape. Unusually for such a book, Waller also explores the ageing and death processes, her take influenced by ancient Chinese and shamanistic healing practices (detailed in the appendices). In the second section, Pip Waller explains the western system of pathology and introduces a more holistic paradigm that considers emotional, mental and spiritual aspects. With reference to Dr Hamer's New Medicine approach, she shows how we can achieve balanced emotional health by dealing with factors such as stress, fear and trauma that, if left unresolved, can take a huge toll on our health. This informative guide is easy to read with clear illustrations. You'll never again take yourself for granted! THE POT BOOK: A Complete marijuana. Dr Holland contributes keeping them ship-shape. Unusually Guide to Cannabis several chapters, including an for such a book, Waller also explores edited by Julie Holland, MD interview with Michael Pollan of the ageing and death processes, her Park Street Press, USA, 2010 Botany of Desire fame. take influenced by ancient Chinese ISBN 978-159477-368-6 (576pp tpb) The Pot Book blows away the myths and shamanistic healing practices Available: www.ParkStPress.com and misconceptions associated with (detailed in the appendices). annabis has a 38-million-year marijuana use and offers social and In the second section, Pip Waller history, and humans have co- political solutions to what need not explains the western system of evolved with this plant to the extent be an intractable problem. pathology and introduces a more that we have substances in our brain holistic paradigm that considers and bloodstream that mimic the HOLISTIC ANATOMY emotional, men al and spiritual cannabinoids. For this assessment of _ by Pip Waller aspects. With re crence tO Dr cannabis, its risks and benefits as North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, 2010 Hamer's New Medicine approach, she well as its implications in drug policy, ISBN 978-155643-865-3 (396pp tpb) shows how we can achieve balanced psychiatrist Julie Holland, MD, who Available: northatlanticbooks.com emotional health by dealing with specialises in psychopharmacology, ur miraculous bodies are spirit factors such as stress, fear and has assembled contributions from manifested as flesh, says Wales- trauma that, if left unresolved, can experts including psychiatry professor based medical herbalist Pip Waller in thea huge toll on suid health. Lester Grinspoon, MD, author of her refreshing, holistic perspective on ms hee ak guide Is av ‘s Marijuana, The Forbidden Medicine, who anatomy and physiology. Her book, read wit c ‘take lena ou ' also provides the foreword. which includes information that's not _"©YT 28@in take yourself for granted! 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