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Author Hudak, John (John Joseph), author.
Title Marijuana : a short history / John Hudak.
Publisher Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]



Descript 1 online resource (xii, 217 pages)
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Contents Part I.A weed by any other name. 1. Cannabis as plant and product -- Part II. The government steps in. 2. Early regulation and a new (drug) deal ; 3. Marijuana as an enemy, foreign and domestic ; 4. Richard Nixon fires the opening shots in the War on Drugs ; 5. Prosecuting the War on Drugs ; 6. Ronald Reagan opens new theaters in the War on Drugs -- Part III. Pot, the public and the powerful. 7. Demographics and death reshape views on marijuana ; 8. Cannabis use as a lifestyle of the rich and famous -- Part IV. Marijuana reform blossoms into public policy. 9. Decriminalization as the first retreat from prohibition ; 10. Ganja gridlock : the failures of federal reform ; 11. The fight for medical marijuana ; 12. Recreational marijuana sprouts in the West -- Part V. The future of marijuana. 13. Weighing the costs and benefits of legalization.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780815729075 (electronic bk.)
0815729073 (electronic bk.)
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Author Hudak, John (John Joseph), author.
Subject Marijuana -- United States -- History.
Marijuana abuse -- United States -- History.
Drug abuse -- United States -- History.
Drug control -- United States -- History.
Descript 1 online resource (xii, 217 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Part I.A weed by any other name. 1. Cannabis as plant and product -- Part II. The government steps in. 2. Early regulation and a new (drug) deal ; 3. Marijuana as an enemy, foreign and domestic ; 4. Richard Nixon fires the opening shots in the War on Drugs ; 5. Prosecuting the War on Drugs ; 6. Ronald Reagan opens new theaters in the War on Drugs -- Part III. Pot, the public and the powerful. 7. Demographics and death reshape views on marijuana ; 8. Cannabis use as a lifestyle of the rich and famous -- Part IV. Marijuana reform blossoms into public policy. 9. Decriminalization as the first retreat from prohibition ; 10. Ganja gridlock : the failures of federal reform ; 11. The fight for medical marijuana ; 12. Recreational marijuana sprouts in the West -- Part V. The future of marijuana. 13. Weighing the costs and benefits of legalization.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780815729075 (electronic bk.)
0815729073 (electronic bk.)
Author Hudak, John (John Joseph), author.
Subject Marijuana -- United States -- History.
Marijuana abuse -- United States -- History.
Drug abuse -- United States -- History.
Drug control -- United States -- History.

Subject Marijuana -- United States -- History.
Marijuana abuse -- United States -- History.
Drug abuse -- United States -- History.
Drug control -- United States -- History.
Descript 1 online resource (xii, 217 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Part I.A weed by any other name. 1. Cannabis as plant and product -- Part II. The government steps in. 2. Early regulation and a new (drug) deal ; 3. Marijuana as an enemy, foreign and domestic ; 4. Richard Nixon fires the opening shots in the War on Drugs ; 5. Prosecuting the War on Drugs ; 6. Ronald Reagan opens new theaters in the War on Drugs -- Part III. Pot, the public and the powerful. 7. Demographics and death reshape views on marijuana ; 8. Cannabis use as a lifestyle of the rich and famous -- Part IV. Marijuana reform blossoms into public policy. 9. Decriminalization as the first retreat from prohibition ; 10. Ganja gridlock : the failures of federal reform ; 11. The fight for medical marijuana ; 12. Recreational marijuana sprouts in the West -- Part V. The future of marijuana. 13. Weighing the costs and benefits of legalization.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780815729075 (electronic bk.)
0815729073 (electronic bk.)

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