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Grass roots : a history of cannabis in the American West / Nick Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Nick (Nicholas Michael), 1989- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cannabis--West (U.S.)--History.
- Cannabis.
- Marijuana--West (U.S.)--History.
- Marijuana.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Corvallis, Oregon : Oregon State University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Marijuana legalization is unfolding across the American West, but cultivation of the cannabis plant is anything but green.Unregulated outdoor grows are polluting ecosystems, high-powered indoor grows are churning out an excessive carbon footprint, and the controversial crop is becoming an agricultural boon just as the region faces an.
- Contents:
- From medicine to menace: drug cannabis in the Southwest and beyond, 1851/1935
- Prohibition is for the birds: nature, race, and the Marihuana Tax Act
- Workers' weed: cannabis and labor in the rural West
- Seeding the nation: cannabis and the counterculture, 1960/1980
- Black market blues: capitalized cannabis and the environment, 1980/1996
- Legalizing it: medical cannabis and the push for a sustainable future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-87071-909-2
- OCLC:
- 1007889442
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