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A Chronicle Of Marijuana's Journey Toward And Away From Legalization Examines How Grassroots Activists From The 1970s Nearly Secured Its Decriminalization Before Conservative Parents And The Reagan Administration Transformed Cannabis Into A Focus For The War On Drugs. In The Last Five Years, Eight States Have Legalized Recreational Marijuana. To Many, Continued Victories Seem Certain. But Pot Was On A Similar Trajectory Forty Years Ago, Only To Encounter A Fierce Backlash. In Grass Roots, Historian Emily Dufton Tells The Remarkable Story Of Marijuana's Crooked Path From Acceptance To Demonization And Back Again--and Of The Earnest Hippies, Frightened Parents, Suffering Patients, And Thousands Of Other Ordinary Americans Who Made Changing Marijuana Laws Their Life's Work. During The 1970s, Pro-pot Activists With Roots In The Counterculture Secured The Drug's Decriminalization In A Dozen States. The Movement Forged Close Ties With Jimmy Carter's White House, And A Sprawling World Of Paraphernalia Makers And Head Shops Catered To Smokers. Before Long, However, Concerned Suburban Parents Began To Mobilize, Arguing That Children's Safety Ought To Take Precedence Over Adults' Right To Sm

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Author

Dufton, Emily

Publisher

Basic Civitas Books

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780465096169

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Political Science, Gardening

Rating

4.4 / 5 (64 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14