Getting high : marijuana through the ages /
John Charles Chasteen.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter One: Getting High Trouble with the Police Meet the Cannabis Plant Chapter Two: American Century The Early Years The Marihuana Tax Act, 1937 Rise and Fall of the Counterculture Drug War, Culture War Chapter Three: Atlantic World Hemp and Rum, Strategic Resources Mexico, and a Mystery Colombia and Jamaica Brazil and the African Connection Africa, South of the Congo River Chapter Four: Medieval Hashish Wine versus Hashish Hashish Eaters God's Unruly Friends The Assassin Legend Not for Everybody Chapter Five: Asian Origins Historic India The Prehistoric Eurasian Steppes The Silk Road and Beyond The Earliest Horizon Chapter Six: Epiphanies Glossary Sources and Asides Index About the Author.