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Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America
by Box Brown
~3.5 for the balance of thorough research simplified into an easy-to-follow historical narrative. I learned A LOT.
Big focus/many pages on Harry Anslinger under the Federal Bureau of Narcotics - but then seemed to tie things up too quickly with just brief looks at pro-weed movements stemming from Timothy Leary and the 60's "counter-culture" and Buyer's Clubs during the AIDS epidemic.
Another element I would've liked to see is: a little more commentary on how cannabis COULD be harmful - for adolescents, for those over-indulging, etc. This book is absolutely pro-weed - which is fine! But I wish I could more whole-heartedly recommend and pass it on to reader friends who also recognize how to make cannabis *part* of their lives, not the entirety of.
I don't ~*partake*~ regularly, if at all. But this is a fascinating, infuriating look at the racist, capitalist roots of illegalization.
Big focus/many pages on Harry Anslinger under the Federal Bureau of Narcotics - but then seemed to tie things up too quickly with just brief looks at pro-weed movements stemming from Timothy Leary and the 60's "counter-culture" and Buyer's Clubs during the AIDS epidemic.
Another element I would've liked to see is: a little more commentary on how cannabis COULD be harmful - for adolescents, for those over-indulging, etc. This book is absolutely pro-weed - which is fine! But I wish I could more whole-heartedly recommend and pass it on to reader friends who also recognize how to make cannabis *part* of their lives, not the entirety of.
I don't ~*partake*~ regularly, if at all. But this is a fascinating, infuriating look at the racist, capitalist roots of illegalization.