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Philadelphia cartoonist Box Brown examines marijuana — where it came from, its life in the US, and, importantly, the breathless national campaign to demonize a certain segment of its users. "Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America by Box Brown", Kirkus Reviews (book review), February 2019; Hans Rollmann (June 17, 2019).
Bridge, Kyle (2020), "Emily Dufton, Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America. New York: Basic Books, 2017.", The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs (book review), 34 (1), University of Chicago Press: 185–188, doi:10.1086/707086
The history of cannabis and its usage by humans dates back to at least the third millennium BC in written history, and possibly as far back as the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8800–6500 BCE) based on archaeological evidence. For millennia, the plant has been valued for its use for fiber and rope, as food and medicine, and for its psychoactive ...
The Little Book of Cannabis (2018) by Amanda Siebert; Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America (2019) by Box Brown; Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness and Violence (2019) by Alex Berenson; Higher Etiquette (2019) by Lizzie Post; American Hemp Farmer (2020) by Doug Fine; Commodifying Cannabis (2020) by Bradley J ...
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Reefer Madness: The History of Marijuana in America is a book by Larry "Ratso" Sloman, originally published in 1979. [1] The book is a history of social cannabis (also known as marijuana) use in the United States. The book was reissued in 1998 with an introduction by William S. Burroughs.
Detailed sales logs were required to record marijuana sales. Selling marijuana to any person who had previously paid the annual fee incurred a tax of $1 per ounce or fraction thereof; however, the tax was $100 ($2,206 adjusted for inflation) per ounce or fraction thereof to sell any person who had not registered and paid the annual fee. [37]
The legal history of cannabis in the United States began with state-level prohibition in the early 20th century, with the first major federal limitations occurring in 1937. Starting with Oregon in 1973, individual states began to liberalize cannabis laws through decriminalization .