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Author Lee, Martin A.

Title Smoke signals : a social history of marijuana : medical, recreational, and scientific / Martin A. Lee.

Publication Info. New York : Scribner, 2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.295 L51    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  362.295 LEE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.295 L51    Check Shelf
Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description vii, 519 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Investigative journalist Martin A. Lee traces the social history of marijuana from its origins to its emergence in the 1960s as a defining force in an ongoing culture war. Lee describes how the illicit marijuana subculture overcame government opposition and morphed into a multibillion-dollar industry. In 1996, Californians voted to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. Similar laws have followed in several other states, but not without antagonistic responses from federal, state, and local law enforcement. Lee draws attention to underreported scientific breakthroughs that are reshaping the therapeutic landscape: medical researchers have developed promising treatments for cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, diabetes, chronic pain, and many other conditions that are beyond the reach of conventional cures. This is a fascinating read for recreational users and patients, students and doctors, musicians and accountants, Baby Boomers and their kids, and anyone who has ever wondered about the secret life of this ubiquitous herb.--From publisher description.
Contents Herblore -- Prohibition -- Reefer rebellion -- The big chill -- Just say never -- From blunts to ballots -- Fire in the belly -- Ground Zero -- Mellow mayhem.
Subject Marijuana abuse -- History.
Marijuana -- Therapeutic use -- History.
Marijuana -- History.
ISBN 9781439102602: $35.00
1439102600
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