Legalizing Marijuana Drug Policy Reform and Prohibition Politics

Subjects:

• Political Science » Public Policy
• Law » Criminal Law
• Political Science » State & Local Politics

Reviews:

• A readable, reasonable, and well-documented history and analysis of a silly problem that richly deserves de-problemizing.
  —Future Survey December 2004
• Rudolph Gerber, a judge, presents the case in favor of marijuana legalization, at least for medical use, citing a host of research studies, which he claims have been ignored for decades. His discussion of the history of the marijuana debate through presidential administrations since Kennedy is especially enlightening....[d]ebaters on the issue of medical use will find much ammunition in this book.
  —Library Media Connection February 2005
• This volume is well written and documented. It comes as a breath of fresh air amid a policy issue that is so often dealt with in an emotional and irrational way--a sane counterpoint to the emotional venting of the pharmaceutical Calvinists. Highly recommended. All levels.
  —Choice 2/1/2005

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by John Sperling
  Introduction
  History of Demonizing Drugs
  Presidential Pot Policies
  Enforcement Checkerboard
  Health Effects
  Seeds of the Medical Movement
  The People's Counterattack
  The Medical Legal Conflict
  Conclusion
  Bibliography
  Index