Something's in the air : race, crime, and the legalization of marijuana /
Tate, Katherine,editor of compilation.
Taylor, James Lance,editor of compilation..
Sawyer, Mark Q.,1972-editor of compilation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Editors' introduction: ending a war or just California dreamin'? / Katherine Tate, James Lance Taylor, and Mark Q. Sawyer -- Criminal justice costs of prohibiting marijuana in California / Jonathan P. Caulkins and Beau Kilmer -- Public-health considerations in the legalization debate / Chyvette T. Williams and Thomas Lyons -- The paths not (yet) taken: lower risk alternatives to full-market legalization of cannabis / Robert J. MacCoun -- Why did Proposition 19 fail? / J. Andrew Sinclair, Jaclyn R. Kimble and R. Michael Alvarez -- Winds of change: Black opinion on legalizing marijuana / Katherine Tate -- The highs and lows of support for marijuana legalization among white Americans / Paul Musgrave and Clyde Wilcox -- Building minority community power through legalization / James Lance Taylor -- The Latino politics of Proposition 19: criminal justice and immigration / Melissa R. Michelson and Joe Tafoya -- No half-measures: Mexico's quixotic policy on California's Proposition 19 / Nathan Jones -- The "chronic" and coercion: exploring how legalizing marijuana might get the U.S. government off the backs and throats of Americans (or, not) / Christian Davenport.
Drug legalization
Marijuana
African Americans
Hispanic Americans
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Minorities