Discusses the history, effects, and treatment of marijuana use, as well as legal matters, medicinal marijuana, and the marijuana industry, and provides a glossary and further reading list.
Presents a drug awareness guide that traces the history of marijuana, describing both its positive and negative effects, and efforts to make the drug legal for medical use.
An overview of marijuana that discusses its history, its uses, its effects on the mind and body as a drug, and laws and controversies regarding marijuana use around the world.
Compares and contrasts the potential harms and legalities of two popular recreational substances--marijuana and alcohol--discusses why marijuana is safer despite laws and social practices directing society toward alcohol, and also examines myths about marijuana.
sex, drugs, and cheap labor in the American black market
Schlosser, Eric
2003
Contains essays that examine aspects of America's underground economy, discussing the marijuana business, the links between Fortune 500 companies and pornography, and California's use of migrant workers.
Discusses marijuana, the most widely used illegal drug in the United States, emphasizing its damaging physiological effects on the mind and body, most especially the lungs.
Presents a concise overview on issues associated with marijuana use; and contains primary source quotes and statistics on topics including the legalization of marijuana and its effect on society.
Discusses the history, effects, and treatment of marijuana use as well as legal matters, medicinal marijuana, and the marijuana industry, and provides a glossary and further reading list.
