"In Stoned, palliative care physician Dr. David Casarett sets out to do anything-- including experimenting on himself-- to find evidence of marijuana's medical potential. He smears mysterious marijuana paste on his legs and samples pot wine. He poses as a patient at a seedy California clinic and takes lessons from an artisanal hash maker. In conversations with researchers, doctors, and patients around the world he learns how marijuana works-- and doesn't-- in the real world"-- Source other than the Library of Congress.

The blacksmith and the boxer --The girl who talked to cats : marijuana's benefits for the brain -- The woman with knives in her neck : marijuana's benefits for the body -- Beer and brownies -- Bongs and budder -- Reefer madness -- Bodily harm -- Caveat emptor -- The future of medical marijuana -- A long strange trip -- A brief marijuana glossary -- The world's best (and simplest) brownie recipe. The blacksmith and the boxer -- The girl who talked to cats : marijuana's benefits for the brain -- The woman with knives in her neck : marijuana's benefits for the body -- Beer and brownies -- Bongs and budder -- Reefer madness -- Bodily harm -- Caveat emptor -- The future of medical marijuana -- A long strange trip -- A brief marijuana glossary -- The world's best (and simplest) brownie recipe.