Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America - Couverture rigide

Dufton, Emily

 
9780465096169: Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America
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ISBN 10 : 0465096166 ISBN 13 : 9780465096169
Editeur : Basic Books, 2017

Synopsis

How earnest hippies, frightened parents, suffering patients, and other ordinary Americans went to war over marijuana

In the last five years, eight states have legalized recreational marijuana. To many, continued progress seems certain. But pot was on a similar trajectory forty years ago, only to encounter a fierce backlash. In Grass Roots, historian Emily Dufton tells the remarkable story of marijuana's crooked path from acceptance to demonization and back again, and of the thousands of grassroots activists who made changing marijuana laws their life's work.

During the 1970s, pro-pot campaigners with roots in the counterculture secured the drug's decriminalization in a dozen states. Soon, though, concerned parents began to mobilize; finding a champion in Nancy Reagan, they transformed pot into a national scourge and helped to pave the way for an aggressive war on drugs. Chastened marijuana advocates retooled their message, promoting pot as a medical necessity and eventually declaring legalization a matter of racial justice. For the moment, these activists are succeeding -- but marijuana's history suggests how swiftly another counterrevolution could unfold.

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À propos de l?auteur

Emily Dufton holds a PhD in American Studies from George Washington University. She lives outside of Washington, DC.

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Éditeur
Basic Books
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0465096166
ISBN 13 
9780465096169
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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