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

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

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In this book the author, an Investigative journalist, traces the social history of marijuana from its origins to its emergence in the 1960s as a defining force in an ongoing culture war. He 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. The author 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 book is an examination of the medical, recreational, scientific, and economic dimensions of the world's most controversial plant
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Extent
vii, 519 pages
Contents
  • Herblore : Black and blue ; New world hemp ; Elixirs and tinctures ; High on hash ; Sex, drugs, and the occult
  • Prohibition : The Mexican connection ; The mighty Mezz ; Voodoo pharmacology ; A truth drug ; Cold War cannabis ; Writing the reality script
  • Reefer rebellion : Seeds of change ; The riddle of THC ; Grass and acid ; A tipping point ; Legalize it! ; Flower power ; High spies
  • The big chill : This means war ; Dr. Mikuriya's medicine ; The euphoria of secrecy ; Seeing is believing ; Rasta vibration ; In your face
  • Just say never : Reefer sadness ; The laughing cure ; Home grown ; Going Dutch ; Drug-war doublespeak ; The hemperor
  • From blunts to ballots : Bush v. weed ; The brain and marijuana ; Hip-hop hemp ; To live and die in San Francisco ; The pot club ; Crossing the rubicon
  • Fire in the belly : Counterattack ; Unchartered waters ; Southern exposure ; Falling dominos ; The stake-out ; Veterans for drug-war peace
  • Ground zero : Narcs gone wild! ; Show trials ; Physicians in the crosshairs ; The Supreme Court punts ; The long arm of the DEA ; Ten years after
  • Mellow mayhem : Senior stoners ; An industry emerges ; Healing without the high ; Booze or bud? ; The green rush ; Suffer the children
  • Appendices
Isbn
9781439102602
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Smoke signals : a social history of marijuana : medical, recreational, and scientific
Title
Smoke signals
Title remainder
a social history of marijuana : medical, recreational, and scientific
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Martin A. Lee
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In this book the author, an Investigative journalist, traces the social history of marijuana from its origins to its emergence in the 1960s as a defining force in an ongoing culture war. He 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. The author 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 book is an examination of the medical, recreational, scientific, and economic dimensions of the world's most controversial plant
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Lee, Martin A
Dewey number
362.29/509
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HV5822.M3
LC item number
L34 2012
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • Marijuana abuse
  • Marijuana
  • Marijuana
  • Marijuana
  • Marijuana abuse
  • Marijuana
  • Hasjisj
  • Hennep
  • Marijuana abuse
  • Marijuana
  • Marijuana
Label
Smoke signals : a social history of marijuana : medical, recreational, and scientific, Martin A. Lee
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-488) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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Contents
Herblore : Black and blue ; New world hemp ; Elixirs and tinctures ; High on hash ; Sex, drugs, and the occult -- Prohibition : The Mexican connection ; The mighty Mezz ; Voodoo pharmacology ; A truth drug ; Cold War cannabis ; Writing the reality script -- Reefer rebellion : Seeds of change ; The riddle of THC ; Grass and acid ; A tipping point ; Legalize it! ; Flower power ; High spies -- The big chill : This means war ; Dr. Mikuriya's medicine ; The euphoria of secrecy ; Seeing is believing ; Rasta vibration ; In your face -- Just say never : Reefer sadness ; The laughing cure ; Home grown ; Going Dutch ; Drug-war doublespeak ; The hemperor -- From blunts to ballots : Bush v. weed ; The brain and marijuana ; Hip-hop hemp ; To live and die in San Francisco ; The pot club ; Crossing the rubicon -- Fire in the belly : Counterattack ; Unchartered waters ; Southern exposure ; Falling dominos ; The stake-out ; Veterans for drug-war peace -- Ground zero : Narcs gone wild! ; Show trials ; Physicians in the crosshairs ; The Supreme Court punts ; The long arm of the DEA ; Ten years after -- Mellow mayhem : Senior stoners ; An industry emerges ; Healing without the high ; Booze or bud? ; The green rush ; Suffer the children -- Appendices
Control code
ocn759913570
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Extent
vii, 519 pages
Isbn
9781439102602
Lccn
2012006737
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40021226093
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781439102602
  • (OCoLC)759913570
Label
Smoke signals : a social history of marijuana : medical, recreational, and scientific, Martin A. Lee
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-488) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Herblore : Black and blue ; New world hemp ; Elixirs and tinctures ; High on hash ; Sex, drugs, and the occult -- Prohibition : The Mexican connection ; The mighty Mezz ; Voodoo pharmacology ; A truth drug ; Cold War cannabis ; Writing the reality script -- Reefer rebellion : Seeds of change ; The riddle of THC ; Grass and acid ; A tipping point ; Legalize it! ; Flower power ; High spies -- The big chill : This means war ; Dr. Mikuriya's medicine ; The euphoria of secrecy ; Seeing is believing ; Rasta vibration ; In your face -- Just say never : Reefer sadness ; The laughing cure ; Home grown ; Going Dutch ; Drug-war doublespeak ; The hemperor -- From blunts to ballots : Bush v. weed ; The brain and marijuana ; Hip-hop hemp ; To live and die in San Francisco ; The pot club ; Crossing the rubicon -- Fire in the belly : Counterattack ; Unchartered waters ; Southern exposure ; Falling dominos ; The stake-out ; Veterans for drug-war peace -- Ground zero : Narcs gone wild! ; Show trials ; Physicians in the crosshairs ; The Supreme Court punts ; The long arm of the DEA ; Ten years after -- Mellow mayhem : Senior stoners ; An industry emerges ; Healing without the high ; Booze or bud? ; The green rush ; Suffer the children -- Appendices
Control code
ocn759913570
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Extent
vii, 519 pages
Isbn
9781439102602
Lccn
2012006737
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40021226093
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781439102602
  • (OCoLC)759913570

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