Weed land : inside America's marijuana epicenter and how pot went legit

Hecht, Peter 1956- (author.).

Summary: 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.

Item details

ISBN: 9780520275430 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0520275438 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
254 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The way it was supposed to be -- Oaksterdam -- Kush rush -- Reefer research -- The pot docs -- L.A. excess -- Wafting widely -- Courting compassion -- Martyrdom for the missionaries -- Campaign for cannabis -- A mile high and beyond -- Cultivating trouble -- Return of the feds -- Back to the garden.