Grass roots : the rise and fall and rise of marijuana in America / Emily Dufton.
Grass roots : the rise and fall and rise of marijuana in America / Emily Dufton.
Grass roots : the rise and fall and rise of marijuana in America / Emily Dufton.
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New York : Basic Books, [2017]
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G 2019/0286
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English
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Physical content
311 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
A higher calling -- "Forward, all smokers!" -- It's NORML to smoke pot -- Marijuana : a signal of misunderstanding -- "You won't have to be paranoid anymore!" -- "I'm like a bottle maker during prohibition" -- Atlanta, 1976 -- The downfall of Peter Bourne -- The coming parent revolution -- "The most...
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, [2017]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
A chronicle of marijuana's journey toward and away from legalization examines how grassroots activists from the 1970s nearly secured its decriminalization before conservative parents and the Reagan administration transformed cannabis into a focus for the war on drugs.
Dufton presents a chronicle of marijuana's journey toward and away from legalization. She examines how grassroots activists from the 1970s nearly secured its decriminalization before conservative parents and the Reagan administration's 'Just Say No' campaign transformed cannabis into a focus for the war on drugs. The tide began to turn in the 1990s...
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Grass roots : the rise and fall and rise of marijuana in America / Emily Dufton.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-293) and index.
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©2017
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G 2019/0286
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74VKV0vAJakO
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ISBN
9780465096169 (hardcover)
0465096166 (hardcover)
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362.2950973
MMS ID
991024224106902626
