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Marijuana: A Short History (Short Histories)

Marijuana: A Short History (Short Histories)

Current price: $19.99
Publication Date: June 30th, 2020
Publisher:
Brookings Institution Press
ISBN:
9780815738312
Pages:
268
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Description

From "Reefer Madness" to legal purchase at the corner store

With long-time legal and social barriers to marijuana falling across much of the United States, the time has come for an accessible and informative look at attitudes toward the dried byproduct of Cannabis sativa. Marijuana: A Short History profiles the politics and policies concerning the five-leaf plant in the United States and around the world.

About the Author

John Hudak is deputy director of the Center for Effective Public Management and a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is also author of Presidential Pork: White House Influence over the Distribution of Federal Grants (Brookings).