Weed land
Subtitle: inside America's marijuana epicenter and how pot went legit
By: Peter Hecht
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780520275430
Subjects: Therapeutic use; Law and legislation; Marijuana industry; Marijuana
Description: From the 1996 passage of California's Proposition 215, the nation's first medical marijuana law, through law enforcement raids, clinical studies that revealed medical benefits for cannabis, and the emergence of a lucrative cannabis industry, Weed Land reveals the changing political, legal, economic, and social dynamics around pot. Peter Hecht, an award-winning journalist from The Sacramento Bee, offers an independent, meticulously reported account of the clashes and contradictions of a burgeoning California cannabis culture that stoked pot liberalization across the country.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.