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Legalizing Marijuana Drug Policy Reform and Prohibition Politics
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Foreword by John Sperling
Book Code: C7448
ISBN: 0-275-97448-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97448-0
208 pages, n/a
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 6/30/2004
List Price: $38.95 (UK Sterling Price: £21.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • 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
    February 2005
  • 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
  • Endorsement From Joseph D. McNamara,
    Research Fellow, The Hoover Institution
    Stanford University:
    ...[S]cathing legal analysis of the folly of the United States war on pot. The author has concisely depicted the distortions, hypocrisy, and fear mongering of high ranking federal officials who have immeasurably harmed many individuals as well as the integrity of our criminal justice system.
  • Endorsement From Ethan Nadelman,
    Executive Director
    Drug Policy Alliance:
    Rudy Gerber's not the first judge to speak out against the drug war, and he won't be the last, but he makes a very special contribution with this fine book: a critical review of the nation's disastrous marijuana prohibition policy, informed both by twenty years on the bench and the distinctive role of Arizona in the drug policy reform politics of the past decade.
Description: This book is a frontal assault on the federal government's almost century-long campaign against marijuana in all its forms--cultivation, growing, selling, and recreational and medicinal use. Beginning with the anti-pot campaign of the first unofficial drug czar, Harry Anslinger, in the 1930s and continuing wiht only minor differences in emphasis through the recent Reagan, Clinton, and two Bush administrations, federal efforts to stamp out every form of marijuana use involve ignoring the independent reports of numerous federal commissions; supporting provably false claims about marijuana's effects; acquiescing to conservative law enforcement and religious groups' condemnatory agendas; generating a climate of fear in the electorate in order to cultivate messianic images for politicians; and ultimately governing in a way that does a disservice to all involved.
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
LC Card Number: 2003068715
LCC Class: HV5822
Dewey Class: 364
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