Wigmore on Cannabis is an indispensable and definitive source book for medical and legal practitioners seeking relevant information about cannabis, a drug that has been recently legalized in many jurisdictions. Well-known forensic toxicologist James G. Wigmore has abstracted, organized, and edited over 550 studies on the human forensic toxicology of tetrahydrocannabinol and other cannabinoids found in marijuana to produce a practical and highly comprehensible book for experts and lay people alike. Using accessible tables to illustrate the differences — and surprising similarities — between the medicolegal effects of alcohol and cannabis, Wigmore on Cannabis will be a valuable resource in both scientific and legal libraries. List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Absorption, Distribution, and Elimination of Cannabis
Chapter 2: Blood Cannabinoids
Chapter 3: Oral Fluid Cannabinoids
Chapter 4: Cannabinoids in Breath, Urine, Hair, Sweat, and Biomarkers of Cannabis Use
Chapter 5: Effects of Cannabinoids on Driving Ability
Chapter 6: Effects of Cannabis on Health and Other Behaviours
Chapter 7: Postmortem Cannabinoids
Chapter 8: Various Cannabinoids and Related Compounds
Appendix: Cannabis Timeline
Abbreviations and Chemical Symbols
Abstracted Studies
Author Index
Publication Year Index
Subject Index
About the Author About the Author: James G. Wigmore worked as a forensic toxicologist for over twenty-nine years at one of the foremost forensic laboratories in North America — the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto, Ontario. He has testified in over 700 criminal cases throughout Canada and in numerous personal injury civil cases and coroner’s inquests. He has published over seventy scientific articles in forensic toxicology, which have been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada (R v St Onge-Lamoreux, 2012) and the High Court in Cape Town, South Africa (S vs Hendricks, 2013). In 2005, he was awarded the prestigious Derome Award from the Canadian Society of Forensic Science in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of forensic sciences. From 2004 to 2012, he taught at the Robert F. Borkenstein Course at Indiana University in Bloomington. Wigmore on Cannabis is his third book published with Irwin Law.
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