Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 252 pages)
Edition:
Second edition
ISBN:
9780815738329
Content:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: A Weed by Any Other Name -- Cannabis as Plant and Product -- Part II: The Government Steps In -- Early Regulation and a New (Drug) Deal -- Marijuana as an Enemy, Foreign and Domestic -- Richard Nixon Fires the Opening Shots in the War on Drugs -- Prosecuting the War on Drugs -- Ronald Reagan Opens New Theaters in the War on Drugs -- Part III: Pot, the Public, and the Powerful -- Demographics and Death Reshape Views on Marijuana -- Cannabis Use as a Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous -- Part IV: Marijuana Reform Blossoms into Public Policy -- Decriminalization as the First Retreat from Prohibition -- Ganja Gridlock: The Failures of Federal Reform -- The Fight for Medical Marijuana -- Recreational Marijuana Sprouts in the West -- Part V: The Future of Marijuana -- Racial Justice and the Future of Marijuana Reform -- Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Legalization -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780815738312
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780815738312
Language:
English
