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008 130916s2014 nyua b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2013034220
020 $a9781595589200 (pbk.)
020 $z9781595589293 (e-book)
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050 00 $aHV5822.M3$bM376 2014
082 00 $a363.450973$223
084 $aPOL038000$aSOC022000$aLAW093000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMartin, Alyson.
245 12 $aA new leaf :$bthe end of cannabis prohibition /$cAlyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian.
264 1 $aNew York :$bNew Press, The,$c2014
300 $a264 pages :$billustrations ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"In November 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington passed landmark measures to legalize the production and sale of cannabis for social use-a first not only in the United States but also the world. Medical cannabis is now legal in eighteen states and Washington, D.C., and more than one million Americans have turned to it in place of conventional pharmaceuticals. Yet the federal government refuses to acknowledge these broader societal shifts and continues to raid and arrest people: 49.5 percent of all drug-related arrests involve the sale, manufacture, or possession of cannabis. In the first book to explore the new landscape of cannabis in the United States, investigative journalists Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian present a deeply researched, insightful story of how recent developments tie into cannabis's complex history and thorny politics. Reporting from nearly every state with a medical cannabis law, Martin and Rashidian enliven their book with in-depth interviews with patients, growers, doctors, entrepreneurs, politicians, activists, and regulators. They whisk readers from the federal cannabis farm at the University of Mississippi to the headquarters of the ACLU to Oregon's "World Famous Cannabis Cafe;." They present an expert analysis of how recent milestones toward legalization will affect the war on drugs both domestically and internationally. The result is an unprecedented and lucid account of how legalization is manifesting itself in the lives of millions. A New Leaf offers an essential guide for anyone who wants to understand the far-ranging implications of this rapidly changing drug landscape. "--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-264).
650 0 $aMarijuana$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.
650 0 $aDrug control$xHistory$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMarijuana$xTherapeutic use$zUnited States.
650 0 $aDrug legalization$zUnited States.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLAW / Medical Law & Legislation.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aRashidian, Nushin.