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A Potent Moment
Building Social Equity into Cannabis Legalization
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2023
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A Potent Moment assesses the current state of cannabis laws in the United States in the context of broader discussions about drug policy and advances a framework for future efforts to use cannabis legalization to advance social equity. It describes the racist origins of cannabis criminalization and the ways in which the prosecutors of the War on Drugs have disproportionately harmed people of color. It also offers numerous detailed case studies to identify both the successes and failures of the more recent movement to legalize cannabis at the state level, particularly in terms of their efficacy at using cannabis policy to redress social inequality. At the same time, the author considers the difficulty of crafting effective policies in the face of ongoing cannabis criminalization at the federal level, a theme which is present throughout the book as well as in a chapter dedicated to weighing the benefits—but also real dangers—of various proposals for national legalization. A Potent Moment ends with a forceful call to reorient American drug policy away from fear, stigma, and punishment and toward evidence-driven approaches that are applied with compassion.
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Edition
1/2023
Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-1807-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-1808-3
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
346
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
The First Era of Drug Regulation No access Pages 13 - 40
Racial Inequity and the War on Drugs No access Pages 41 - 70
Cannabis Legalization No access Pages 71 - 100
Colorado No access Pages 101 - 130
Ohio No access Pages 131 - 156
Massachusetts No access Pages 157 - 188
Illinois No access Pages 189 - 214
New York No access Pages 215 - 240
The War on Drugs and the Fight for Racial Justice in Federal Legalization No access Pages 241 - 270
Conclusion No access Pages 271 - 286
Bibliography No access Pages 287 - 336
Index No access Pages 337 - 344
About the Author No access Pages 345 - 346
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