Weed land : inside America's marijuana epicenter and how pot went legit / Peter Hecht.

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"Written by Peter Hecht, an award-winning journalist from The Sacramento Bee, Weed Land takes readers into the laboratories of researchers who challenged federal drug policy with clinical studies revealing the medical benefits of cannabis. It also explores an exploding marijuana marketplace that pit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hecht, Peter, 1956-
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Marijuana > California.
Marijuana > Therapeutic use > California.
Marijuana > Law and legislation > California.
Marijuana industry > California.
Physical Description:254 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1 The Way It Was Supposed to Be 1
  • 2 Oaksterdam 15
  • 3 Kush Rush 30
  • 4 Reefer Research 45
  • 5 The Pot Docs 64
  • 6 L.A. Excess 79
  • 7 Wafting Widely 92
  • 8 Courting Compassion 106
  • 9 Martyrdom for the Missionaries 121
  • 10 Campaign for Cannabis 138
  • 11 A Mile High and Beyond 156
  • 12 Cultivating Trouble 170
  • 13 Return of the Feds 186
  • 14 Back to the Garden 203.