Weed the People: The Future of Legal Marijuana in America

by Bruce Barcott

Book Overview

The legalization of marijuana is the next great reversal of history. Perhaps the most demonized substance in America, scientifically known as Cannabis sativa, simply a very fast growing herb, thrived underground as the nation's most popular illegal drug.

Now the tide has shifted: In 1996 California passed the nation's first medical marijuana law, which allowed patients to grow it and use it with a doctor's permission. By 2010, twenty states...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1618931407
• ISBN13: 9781618931405
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Time Home Entertainment
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Grade 11 to Postsecondary