Book review of The Wholistic Healing Guide to Cannabis by Tammi Sweet

This is a useful and commendable guidebook to the science of cannabis. In fact, I wish "The Science of Cannabis" were its title, rather than the dreary and yawn-worthy title under which it was published. Even worse, its excessively lengthy subtitle (“Understanding the Endocannabinoid System, Addressing Specific Ailments and Conditions, and Making Cannabis-Based Remedies”) is guaranteed to put you to sleep before you've even finished saying it, no CBD needed. The publisher's graphic designers are to be commended for outstanding illustrations and book layout, but if its marketing department is responsible for daydreaming up the title and subtitle then its staff all should be fired.

Admittedly, I read only the first third of the book, the part subtitled "Understanding the Endocannabinoid System," which I think of as more appropriately subtitled "The Science of Cannabis." Because until you've read the book, who's to know what the heck an endocannabinoid system even is? But even within the cold hard facts of the science, the author wrote with wisdom and grace. For instance, I henceforth just might plagiarize her maxim that "Cannabis is a Gateway Drug ... to Gardening."

I love this book, even if only it first third. If you, too, are interested only in the first third of the content as was I, then be assured that the book is still well worth its purchase price.