Marijuana : a short history /: a short history. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Hudak.
• Authors: Hudak, John (John Joseph)
• Contents: 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
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Washington, D.C : Brookings Institution Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 362.2950973; Marijuana -- United States -- History; Marijuana abuse -- United States -- History; Drug abuse -- United States -- History; Drug control -- United States -- History; Marijuana -- États-Unis -- Histoire; Marijuana -- Abus -- États-Unis -- Histoire; Toxicomanie -- États-Unis -- Histoire; Lutte antidrogue -- États-Unis -- Histoire; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy; Drug abuse; Drug control; Marijuana; Marijuana abuse; United States; Electronic books; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780815738329; 0815738323
• Related ISBNs: 0815738315; 9780815738312
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.