TY - BOOK AU - Chasteen,John Charles TI - Getting high: marijuana through the ages SN - 9781442254695 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - HV5822.M3 C43 2016 U1 - 362.29/509 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield KW - Marijuana abuse KW - History KW - Marijuana N1 - 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 ER -