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100	1		_aMartin, Alyson.
245	1	2	_aA new leaf : _bthe end of cannabis prohibition / _cAlyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian.
264		1	_aNew York : _bNew Press, The, _c[2014]
300			_a264 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-264).
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.
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.
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