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Smoke Signals A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational and Scientific

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ISBN-10: 1439102619

ISBN-13: 9781439102619

Edition: N/A

Authors: Martin A. Lee

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A bestselling author ofAcid Dreamstells the great American pot story— a panoramic, character-driven saga that examines the medical, recreational, scientific, and economic dimensions of the world’s most controversial plant.Martin A. Lee traces the dramatic social history of marijuana from its origins to its emergence in the 1960s as a defining force in a culture war that has never ceased. Lee describes how the illicit marijuana subculture overcame government opposition and morphed into a dynamic, multibillion-dollar industry.In 1996, California voters approved Proposition 215, legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes. Similar laws have followed in more than a dozen other states, but not…    
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 8/13/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.37" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Martin A. Lee is the author of four books, including most recently "Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana" "Medical, Recreational and Scientific". He is the cofounder of the media watch group FAIR and the director of Project CBD, a medical science information service. He is also the author of "Acid Dreams" and "The Beast Reawakens", and his writing has appeared in many publications, including "The Washington Post", "The Los Angeles Times", "Harper s Magazine", "Le Monde Diplomatique", "Rolling Stone", "The Nation", Salon.com, HuffingtonPost.com, and TheDailyBeast.com.