Description |
254 pages ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-237) and index. |
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. |
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. |
Subject |
Marijuana -- California.
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Marijuana -- Therapeutic use -- California.
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Marijuana -- Law and legislation -- California.
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Marijuana industry -- California.
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ISBN |
9780520275430 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0520275438 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780520958241 (e-book) |
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