Weed land : inside America's marijuana epicenter and how pot went legit /
From the 1996 passage of California's Proposition 215, the nation's first medical marijuana law, through law enforcement raids, clinical studies that revealed medical benefits for cannabis, and the emergence of a lucrative cannabis industry, Weed Land reveals the changing political, legal,...
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University of California Press,
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Publisher Address: | Berkeley : |
Publication Dates: | [2014] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
From the 1996 passage of California's Proposition 215, the nation's first medical marijuana law, through law enforcement raids, clinical studies that revealed medical benefits for cannabis, and the emergence of a lucrative cannabis industry, Weed Land reveals the changing political, legal, economic, and social dynamics around pot. Peter Hecht, an award-winning journalist from The Sacramento Bee, offers an independent, meticulously reported account of the clashes and contradictions of a burgeoning California cannabis culture that stoked pot liberalization across the country. |
Carrier Form: | 254 pages ; 23 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780520275430 : 0520275438 |
Index Number: | HV5822 |
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D971.221 R971 |
Call Number: | R971/H447 |
Contents: | The way it was supposed to be -- Oaksterdam -- Kush rush -- Reefer research -- The pot docs -- L.A. excess -- Wafting widely -- Courting compassion -- Martyrdom for the missionaries -- Campaign for cannabis -- A mile high and beyond -- Cultivating trouble -- Return of the feds -- Back to the garden. |