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Product Description: An in-depth study of the most widely-used and controversial drug in the world today.To some it’s anathema, to others it provides relief from crippling pain; to others still, it is a legal anomaly and should be decriminalized. Whatever the viewpoint, and by whatever name it is known, cannabis -- or marijuana, hashish, dope, kif, weed, dagga, grass, ganga -- incites debate at every level...read more

Hardcover:

9780312322205 | Thomas Dunne Books, June 1, 2004, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A historical overview of the marijuana debate recounts how cannabis became outlawed throughout the western world, describing the medical, religious, political, legal, and social factors that contributed to current opinions while revealing the impact of cannabis legislation on the global economy.

Paperback:

9780312424947 | Reprint edition (Picador USA, June 1, 2005), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A historical overview of the marijuana debate recounts how cannabis became outlawed throughout the Western world, describing the medical, religious, political, legal, and social factors that contributed to current opinions while revealing the impact of cannabis legislation on the global economy.

Prebinding:

9781435292994 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 29, 2008), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: An in-depth study of the most widely-used and controversial drug in the world today.

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Product Description: Criminal law prohibition of cannabis is based on and legitimized by assumptions of alienness to our culture and considerable harm caused by the substance: firstly harm for individual health, and secondly dangers for global society by spreading addiction and lethargy, by inducing intoxicated driving and use of even more dangerous drugs, by causing powerful and violent "organized crime"...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Lorenz Bollinger (editor)

Paperback:

9780820432380 | Peter Lang Pub Inc, April 1, 1997, cover price $38.95 | About this edition: Criminal law prohibition of cannabis is based on and legitimized by assumptions of alienness to our culture and considerable harm caused by the substance: firstly harm for individual health, and secondly dangers for global society by spreading addiction and lethargy, by inducing intoxicated driving and use of even more dangerous drugs, by causing powerful and violent "organized crime".
9783631492796 | Peter Lang Pub Inc, April 1, 1997, cover price $38.95 | About this edition: Criminal law prohibition of cannabis is based on and legitimized by assumptions of alienness to our culture and considerable harm caused by the substance: firstly harm for individual health, and secondly dangers for global society by spreading addiction and lethargy, by inducing intoxicated driving and use of even more dangerous drugs, by causing powerful and violent «organized crime».

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