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Marijuana : a short history /
Millions of Americans have used marijuana at some point in their lives, yet it remains a substance shrouded by myth, misinformation, and mystery. Over the past decades, marijuana has become a remarkable social, economic, and even political force, with a surprising range of advocates and opponents. I...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
[2020]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.