Library Guides: The Cannabis Industry: Medical Cannabis

Databases

PubMed This link opens in a new window
Search biomedical literature citations on medical marijuana.
PubMed includes MEDLINE, PubMed Central (PMC), other biomedical and life science journals, and the NCBI Bookshelf. PubMed also provides links to other NCBI molecular biology resources, including nucleotide sequences, protein sequences, 3-D protein structure data, population study data sets, and assemblies of complete genomes in an integrated system.
Note: The link above goes to a specially configured version of PubMed for UC Berkeley users that will display the Get It at UC button for full text article access. To use the free public version, please click here.

Google Scholar
Tips: Use quotations here to do a search for the phrase:"medical marijuana"
Try Sort by Date (on the left) to see the newest references first
Remember to check your sources here since Google does not.

Federal Resources

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health on Medical Marijuana
Basic facts; links to consumer info; links to info for health professionals. Links to 3 Spanish language websites with general info.
National Institute on Drug Abuse: Medical Marijuana
Basic facts

California Dept of Public Health

Lets Talk Cannabis
Provides videos and other information on medical cannabis in California
Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch
MCSB is responsible for regulation of all commercial cannabis manufacturing in California.

National Academies Press reports

The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research. 2017. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Academies Press. See especially chapter 3. Cannabis: Prevalence of Use, Regulation, and Curren tPolicy Landscape and chapter 4. Therapeutic Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids

Marijuana As Medicine?: The Science Beyond the Controversy. 2000. Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press.

The library's collection includes several series that provide pro/con essays on current, controversial topics such as medical marijuana. You can find these by using the search box on the CC library's web page. These books include:

Opposing Viewpoints
Information Series on Current Topics
Taking Sides
Current Controversies
Point-counterpoint

Health Effects

Mayo Clinic on Medical Marijuana
Consumer information on health effects of medical marijuana
Medline Plus on Medical Marijuana
Information from the National Library of Medicine, with some references at the bottom

Books on the Therapeutic Uses of Cannabis

Below are selected books in UC Search on the therapeutic use of cannabis. Find more books using this link (including documentaries and government reports, etc.)

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