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Marijuana is safer : so why are we driving people to drink? / by Steve Fox, Paul Armentano, Mason Tvert.
LIBRA HV5822.M3 F69 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fox, Steve, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marijuana--United States.
- Marijuana.
- Marijuana abuse--United States.
- Marijuana abuse.
- Alcoholism--United States.
- Alcoholism.
- United States.
- Drug legalization--United States.
- Drug legalization.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 210 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- White River Junction, VT : Chelsea Green Pub. Co., [2009]
- Summary:
- A century of scaremongering propaganda about marijuana in this country has obscured one undeniable truth: Marijuana is less harmful than alcohol both to the individuals who consume it and to society in general. For example, alcohol use significantly contributes to violent crime; marijuana use does not. Yet our laws are specifically designed to punish adults who make the rational choice to use the less-harmful substance. As we steer people toward alcohol in this manner, we are actually making our society less safe. This is a point dramatically underappreciated by the American public-and recognition of it could reshape the politics of reform. Marijuana is Safer: So why are we Driving People to Drink? breaks the mold of traditional marijuana advocacy and offers the best hope yet for a healthy dose of sanity and reason in the crafting of public policy.
- Contents:
- The big two : the popular acceptance and use of marijuana and alcohol
- Pot 101 : understanding marijuana
- Removing the "toxic" from intoxication : an objective comparison of the effects of alcohol and marijuana
- "Reefer madness" and all that jazz : the origins of pot prohibition
- Reality check : the truth behind common marijuana myths
- How society is systematically driving us to drink
- The real-world ramifications of our pro-alcohol culture
- You would think this would be enough : traditional arguments against marijuana prohibition
- Not adding a vice but providing an alternative
- From theory to practice : "safer" to SAFER
- Toward a tipping point : creating a buzz-and sparking change
- Our vision of the future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781603581448
- 1603581448
- OCLC:
- 318410502
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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