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Title Cannabis : the illegalization of weed in America / Box Brown.

Publication Info. New York : First Second Books, 2019.

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Location Call No. Status
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult New Materials  GRAPHIC 362.295 BROWN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Graphic Novel  GRAPHX BROWN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Adult Fiction  GN CANNABIS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult  YA GN FIC CANNABIS    DUE 04-08-24
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult Graphic Novels  GRAPHIC NOVEL BROWN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 244 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary "During the Spanish conquests Cortés introduced hemp farming as part of his violent colonial campaign. In secret, locals began cultivating the plant for consumption. It eventually made its way to the United States through the immigrant labor force where it was shared with black laborers. It doesn't take long for American lawmakers to decry cannabis as the vice of 'inferior races.' Enter an era of propaganda designed to feed a moral panic about the dangers of a plant that had been used by humanity for thousands of years. Cannabis was given a schedule I classification, which it shared with drugs like heroin. This opened the door for a so-called "war on drugs" that disproportionately targeted young black men, leaving hundreds of thousands in prison, many for minor infractions. With its roots in "reefer madness" and misleading studies into the effects of cannabis, America's complicated and racialized relationship with marijuana continues to this day."--Amazon
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Subject Marijuana -- Law and legislation -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Marijuana -- Government policy -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Drug legalization -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Drug legalization. (OCoLC)fst00898683
Marijuana -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst01009262
Marijuana -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst01009265
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Graphic novels.
Comic books, strips, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423722
Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630
ISBN 1250154081 (hardcover)
9781250154088 (hardcover)
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