Something's in the air : race, crime, and the legalization of marijuana

The Resource Something's in the air : race, crime, and the legalization of marijuana
Label
Something's in the air : race, crime, and the legalization of marijuana
Title remainder
race, crime, and the legalization of marijuana
Statement of responsibility
edited by Katherine Tate, James Lance Taylor, and Mark Q. Sawyer
Contributor
Editor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"America's drug laws have always exerted an unequal and unfair toll on Blacks and Latinos, who are arrested more often than Whites for the possession of illegal drugs and given harsher sentences. In this volume, contributors ask how would marijuana legalization affect communities of color? Is legalization of marijuana necessary to safeguard minority families from a lifetime of hardship and inequality? Who in minority communities favors legalization and why, and do these minority opinions differ from the opinions held by White Americans? This volume also includes analyses of the policy debate by a range of scholars addressing economic, health, and empowerment issues. Comparative lessons from other countries are also analyzed."--Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
362.29/50973
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HV5825
LC item number
.S58424 2014
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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