therapeutic use

Equine therapy has been a staple activity for special needs children and others. It often helps when traditional prescription drugs have failed to bring results. Horses seem to bring healing to teenagers who are turning from lives of violence, crimes, and drugs, or have been affected by those issues. Horses have helped heal soldiers who have returned from war, families of autistic children, or anyone sho needs help or has lost their way.

Archie the therapy horse helps people deal with the things that bother them.

An introduction to therapy dogs, explaining what they do and how they are trained.

Provides an overview of marijuana use. Describes the history of use, the effects of use, and the debate over legalization.

A collection of stories of therapy dogs, their owners, and the children they have visited through the work done by the therapy dog charity, Angel on a Leash.

"Drawing on scientific evidence from medicine, psychology, criminology, and sociology, this book explores the veracity of claims about marijuana use and misuse"--Amazon.com.

Iris Grace is a beautiful little girl who, from a very young age, barely communicated, avoided social interaction with other people, and rarely smiled. From both before her diagnosis of autism and after, she seemed trapped in her own world, unable to connect with those around her. One day, her mother brought home a Maine Coon kitten for Iris, even though cats aren?t typically thought of as therapy pets. Thula, named after one of Iris?s favorite African lullabies and meaning ?peace? in Zulu, immediately bonded with Iris. Thula knew right away how to assuage Iris when she became overstimulated; when to intervene when Iris became overwhelmed; and how to provide distraction when Iris started heading toward a meltdown. Whether exploring, playing, sleeping, or taking a bath with Iris or accompanying the family on a bike ride, Thula became so much more than a therapy cat. With Thula?s safe companionship, Iris began to talk and interact with her family.

"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"--.

At the age of twenty-two, Julie Barton collapsed on her Manhattan kitchen floor. She was severely depressed. Her mother raced from Ohio to New York, after Julie's incoherent phone call, and took her home. As Julie sunk into suicidal depression because of troubling childhood memories, she was unable to get help from anyone. One day she decided to adopt a Golden Retriever puppy named Bunker and she slowly started on the path to recovery.