Weed land : inside America's marijuana epicenter and how pot went legit / Peter Hecht.
- Hecht, Peter, 1956-
- Date:
- [2014]
- Books
About this work
Description
From the 1996 passage of California's Proposition 215, the nation's first medical marijuana law, through law enforcement raids, clinical studies that revealed medical benefits for cannabis, and the emergence of a lucrative cannabis industry, Weed Land reveals the changing political, legal, economic, and social dynamics around pot. Peter Hecht, an award-winning journalist from The Sacramento Bee, offers an independent, meticulously reported account of the clashes and contradictions of a burgeoning California cannabis culture that stoked pot liberalization across the country.
Publication/Creation
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Physical description
254 pages ; 23 cm
Contributors
Contents
The way it was supposed to be -- Oaksterdam -- Kush rush -- Reefer research -- The pot docs -- L.A. excess -- Wafting widely -- Courting compassion -- Martyrdom for the missionaries -- Campaign for cannabis -- A mile high and beyond -- Cultivating trouble -- Return of the feds -- Back to the garden.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineFCJ.695Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9780520275430
- 0520275438