A reader asked why our Cannabis and Cannabinoids article (Med Lett Drugs Ther 2016; 58:97) did not include our usual Dosage/Cost table. We have now posted one in the article as it appears online. You can access it here: www.medicalletter. org/TML-article-1500a.

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In the US, 25 states and the District of Columbia now permit some medical use of botanical marijuana (Cannabis sativa). It has been used for centuries to treat various ailments, but non-standardization of dosage makes available data difficult to interpret. Cannabis contains >60 pharmacologically active cannabinoids.