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Pot politics : marijuana and the costs of prohibition
- Title
- Pot politics : marijuana and the costs of prohibition / edited by Mitch Earleywine.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Supplementary Content
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- Additional Authors
- Earleywine, Mitchell.
- Description
- xviii, 382 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Foreword / Allen F. St. Pierre -- 1. Thinking clearly about marijuana policy / Mitch Earleywine -- section I. Costs of use and control -- 2. The budgetary implications of marijuana prohibition / Daniel Egan, Jeffrey A. Miron -- 3. Is drug testing in the workplace worthwhile? / Sara Smucker Barnwell, Mitch Earleywine -- 4. Marijuana and driving : trends, design issues, and future recommendations / Anthony Liguori -- section II. Views from abroad -- 5. A cautious case for cannabis depenalization / Wayne Hall -- 6. Law, culture, and cannabis : comparing use patterns in Amsterdam and San Francisco / Craig Reinarman, Peter Cohen -- section III. Depictions of addictions -- 7. Marijuana and the media : science, propaganda, and sloppy reporting in the U.S. news media / Bruce Mirken -- 8. Disseminating accurate and balanced marijuana education : an opportunity for the policy reform movement / Roger A. Roffman, Anne Nicoll -- 9.Marijuana's perceived addictiveness : a survey of clinicians and researchers / Robert Gore, Mitch Earleywine -- section IV. Ethical and religious perspectives -- 10. Do Marijuana offenders deserve punishment? / Douglas Husak -- 11. Judaism and marijuana / Elliot N. Dorff -- 12. How in God's name do we reform our marijuana laws? / Charles Thomas -- 13. Detailed analyses of religious groups' divergent positions on marijuana / Charles Thomas -- section V. What about the children? -- 14. Marijuana abuse prevention / Mary Ann Pentz, Steve Sussman -- 15. Revisioning youth policy on marijuana and other drug use : alternatives to zero tolerance / Rodney Skager -- section VI. Support for prohibitions -- 16. The (often unheard) case against marijuana leniency / Kevin Sabet -- section VII. A call to action -- 17. Values and the marijuana debate / Mitch Earleywine.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-4054
- ISBN
- 0195188020 (cloth)
- 9780195188028 (cloth)
- LCCN
- 2006001434
- OCLC
- 63108441
- Title
- Pot politics : marijuana and the costs of prohibition / edited by Mitch Earleywine.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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- Added Author
- Earleywine, Mitchell.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-4054