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100 1  Chasteen, John Charles,|d1955-|eauthor. 
245 10 Getting high :|bmarijuana through the ages /|cJohn Charles
       Chasteen. 
264  1 Lanham, Maryland :|bRowman & Littlefield,|c[2016] 
300    viii, 157 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Getting high : Trouble with the police ; Meet the cannabis
       plant -- American century : The early years ; The 
       Marihuana Tax Act, 1937 ; Rise and fall of the 
       counterculture ; Drug war, culture war ; News flash -- 
       Atlantic world : Hemp and rum, strategic resources ; 
       Mexico, and a mystery ; Colombia and Jamaica ; Brazil and 
       the African connection ; Africa, south of the Congo -- 
       Medieval hashish : Wine versus hashish ; Hashish in Muslim
       society ; God's unruly friends ; The assassin legend ; Not
       for everybody -- Asian origins : Historic India ; The 
       prehistoric Eurasian Steppes -- The silk road and beyond ;
       The earliest horizon -- Epiphanies.  
520    This engaging book traces the global history of marijuana,
       reaching back thousands of years. Noted historian John 
       Charles Chasteen follows the use of the drug since 
       Neolithic times, which makes marijuana among the first 
       domesticated plants. Surprisingly, though, only 
       infrequently has it been used as a recreational drug. 
       Instead, there is a vibrant spiritual dimension to its 
       long history that has been continually ignored. Beginning 
       with the familiar "outbreak" of the 1960s, Chasteen 
       unearths successive layers of marijuana's history. Written
       with insight, clarity, sophistication, and good humor, 
       this deeply informed work discusses the cultivation of 
       cannabis and its many forms, including hemp, one of the 
       world's principal fiber crops. After a tour of Latin 
       America, Africa, India, and the Muslim world, Chasteen 
       concludes that unlike alcohol marijuana has always 
       flourished outside the mainstream. Its principal users 
       have been creative outsiders of many kinds--mystics, 
       artists, musicians, free thinkers, and spiritual seekers--
       as well as poor laborers atrracted by its low cost. 
       Marijuana, it seems, is a mind-expanding drug after all, 
       and Chasteen explores its rich heritage with captivating 
       insight. -- Front jacket flap. 
650  0 Marijuana abuse|xHistory. 
650  0 Marijuana|xHistory. 
650  7 Marijuana.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01009256 
650  7 Marijuana abuse.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01009285 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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