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Brown, Box.
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Marijuana -- Law and legislation -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Marijuana -- Government policy -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Drug legalization -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Brown, Box.
Marijuana -- Law and legislation -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Marijuana -- Government policy -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Drug legalization -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
MARC Display
Cannabis
: the
illegalization
of
weed
in
America
/ Box Brown.
by
Brown, Box.
First Second, 2019.
Call #:
362.295 B877c
Subjects
Marijuana -- Law and legislation -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Marijuana -- Government policy -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Drug legalization -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
ISBN:
9781250154088 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
During the Spanish conquests Cortés introduced hemp farming as part of his violent colonial campaign. In secret, locals began cultivating the plant for consumption. It eventually made its way to the United States through the immigrant labor force where it was shared with black laborers. It doesn't take long for American lawmakers to decry
cannabis
as the vice of 'inferior races.' Enter an era of propaganda designed to feed a moral panic about the dangers of a plant that had been used by humanity for thousands of years.
Cannabis
was given a schedule I classification, which it shared with drugs like heroin. This opened the door for a so-called "war on drugs" that disproportionately targeted young black men, leaving hundreds of thousands in prison, many for minor infractions. With its roots in "reefer madness" and misleading studies into the effects of
cannabis
,
America
's complicated and racialized relationship with marijuana continues to this day.
Genre:
Graphic novels.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic non-fiction.
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Dartmouth North Public Library
Adult Graphic Nonfiction
362.295 B877c
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