Marijuana politics : uncovering the troublesome history and social costs of criminalization / Robert M. Hardaway.
| Author/creator | Hardaway, Robert M., 1946- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2018] |
| Copyright Date | ©2018 |
| Description | 1 online resource (x, 298 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Marijuana : politics, partisanship, and demagoguery -- The victimless crime family -- Lessons from the prohibition era -- Marijuana as medicine / Kyle Bershok Ames -- A brief history of cannabis use and regulation / Kyle Bershok Ames -- Global marijuana regulation / Kyle Bershok Ames -- Recent legalization developments / Taylor Hart-Bowlan and Kyle Bershok Ames -- The conflict between federal and state marijuana law / Taylor Hart-Bowlan -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract | This book covers everything from botany to the historical uses of marijuana to common misconceptions about the use of cannabis, with a primary focus on the political process of prohibition and legalization of cannabis in the United States. |
| Abstract | Why is marijuana--to which few if any deaths can be attributed--generally banned in the United States, while cigarettes and liquor--which unquestionably kill millions--are currently legal? This question can best be explained through an investigation of the historical context of cannabis in our country. This book documents the long history of marijuana use, the turbulent path of the prohibition of cannabis use, the issues regarding present-day legalization, and the modern implications of both medical and recreational cannabis. It provides compelling insight from multiple academic disciplines, including sociology, political science, economics, medicine, and health, and in particular from the history of the American experience with the criminalization of liquor, gambling, prostitution, and cigarettes. Marijuana Politics: Uncovering the Troublesome History and Social Costs of Criminalization examines the current trend toward the legalization of marijuana in the context of the American experience with particular emphasis on political, social, and constitutional developments in the United States beginning in the 20th century. It compares the trend toward marijuana legalization to Prohibition and U.S. laws regarding the consumption of alcohol and analyzes legal developments in comparable areas such as the regulation of other vices and hard drugs like cocaine and heroin. This book is written to be accessible to both casual readers or academic students and provides a robust understanding of both the historical and modern aspects of the drug itself and legalization, regardless of the reader's individual beliefs on the use of cannabis. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-271) and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 1, 2021). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Hardaway, Robert M., 1946- Marijuana politics. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018] 9781440837067 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017045707 |
| ISBN | 9781440837074 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1440837074 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (hard copy ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (hard copy alk. paper) |
| Stock number | 66EF2D1F-FAC7-4E45-A416-F5CB365A159E OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |