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1997
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On hearing the U.S. president intends to legalize drugs, a Colombian drug cartel, fearful of losing its profits, decides to put him out of action. They kidnap the daughter of his physician and try to blackmail him into injecting the president with an incapacitating drug. But their plan misfires. By the author of Implant.
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2016.
Description
"Jesse Venturas Marijuana Manifesto calls for an end to the War on Drugs. Just because something is illegal, that doesn't mean it goes away, it just means that criminals run it. Legalizing marijuana will serve to rejuvenate our pathetic economy, and just might make people a little happier. Venturas book will show us all how we can take our country back,"--NoveList.
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[2010]
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Discusses issues pertaining to the legalization of drugs, covering the history of drug use and abuse, the war on drugs, potential risks and benefits, the medical marijuana movement, and other related topics, and includes quotes, anecdotes, and discussion which were originally published in "USA Today."
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[2012]
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"Greg Campbell is just about the last person you'd suspect of growing pot in his basement. A few ill-fated experiences in college revealed he was a terrible stoner, and in the years since, he's not given the green stuff another thought. But his attitude changed when medical marijuana was legalized in his home state of Colorado in 2009. It set off a tsunami activity that was viewed by opposing camps as either Nirvana or the Apocalypse. Dispensaries...
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[2011]
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Explores the history of marijuana use and laws governing its legality and outlines the current legal status attributed to marijuana today. Details the push being made by various groups to legalize marijuana for public use and considers viewpoints from both sides of this debate. Includes full-color photographs, a glossary, a timeline, and further reading sources.
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[2016]
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"Should we legalize marijuana? If we legalize, what in particular should be legal? Just possessing marijuana and growing your own? Selling and advertising? If selling becomes legal, who gets to sell? Corporations? Co-ops? The government? What regulations should apply? How high should taxes be? Different forms of legalization could bring very different results. This second edition of Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know℗ʼ discusses...
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[2015]
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Marijuana, scientifically known as Cannabis sativa, thrived underground as the nation's most popular illegal drug. Now the tide has shifted: In 1996, California passed the nation's first medical marijuana law, which allowed patients to grow it and use it with a doctor's permission. By 2010, twenty states and the District of Columbia had adopted medical pot laws. In 2012, Colorado and Washington state passed ballot measures legalizing marijuana for...
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c2012
Description
From the publisher. Should marijuana be legalized? The latest Gallup poll reports that exactly half of Americans say "yes"; opinion couldn't be more evenly divided. Marijuana is forbidden by international treaties and by national and local laws across the globe. But those laws are under challenge in several countries. In the US, there is no short-term prospect for changes in federal law, but sixteen states allow medical use and recent initiatives...
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Pub. Date
2014.
Description
This informative guide provides an important survey of current key marijuana laws in the state of Colorado, with an emphasis on production, trade and consumption. The first book of its kind, libraries will find that this book is relevant to both business experts and recreational users across the state.
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[2020]
Description
"A fascinating journey into the booming business of legal cannabis: the first deeply reported story of how marijuana shed its stigma and came to be embraced by new and unlikely enthusiasts, from "Chardonnay Moms," to health and wellness fanatics, to aging baby boomers. From headlines like "Pets on Pot" to Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart "putting the pot back into potluck" in their Emmy-nominated show on VH1, to the array of CBD lotions and oils for...