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OverviewMarijuana use continues to attract interest and fuel controversy. Big, green pot leaves have adorned the covers of Time, National Review, and Forbes. Almost 100 million Americans have tried marijuana at least once. Groups such as The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana (NORML) and The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) have tens of thousands of members. Polls suggest that 70-80% of Americans support medicinal marijuana. At least 11 U.S. states have experimented with decriminalization and medical marijuana laws, with new initiatives appearing each year. Meanwhile, other groups such as Partnership for a Drug Free America and Mothers Against Drugs protest legalization. Clearly, debate about marijuana policy shows no sign of abating. In his earlier book, Understanding Marijuana, Mitch Earleywine forced researchers, policy makers, and citizens to avoid oversimplification, separate empirical findings from their interpretations, and understand that some things may be neither good nor evil. Pot Politics continues with these same themes, showing multiple perspectives from a variety of experts on an important problem with vast implications. The volume presents ethical, religious, economic, psychological, and political arguments for cannabis policies that range from prohibition to unrestricted legalization. By presenting a unique perspective on overlapping issues, each chapter demonstrates how even recognized experts draw markedly different conclusions from the same data. Some contributors evaluate policy by weighing the costs and benefits of control while others eschew policy by presenting moral arguments against our attempts at control. Pot Politics should be read by everyone interested in the politics of both marijuana use and governmental regulation of our actions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mitch Earleywine (Associate Professor of Psychology, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Albany, State University of New York, USA)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 16.00cm Weight: 0.678kg ISBN: 9780195188028ISBN 10: 0195188020 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 21 September 2006 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAllen St. Pierre: Foreword 1: Mitch Earleywine: Thinking Clearly About Marijuana Policy SECTION I: COSTS OF USE AND CONTROL 2: Daniel Egan and Jeffrey A. Miron: The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition 3: Sara Smucker Barnwell and Mitch Earleywine: Is Drug Testing in the Workplace Worth It? 4: Anthon Liguori: Marijuana and Driving: Trends, Design Issues and Future Recommendations SECTION II: VIEWS FROM ABROAD 5: Wayne Hall: A Cautious Case for Cannabis Depenalisation 6: Craig Reinarman and Peter Cohen: Law, Culture, and Cannabis: Comparing Use Patterns in Amsterdam and San Francisco SECTION III: DEPICTIONS OF ADDICTIONS 7: Bruce Mirken: Marijuana and the Media: Science, Propaganda and Sloppy Reporting in the U.S. News Media 8: Roger A. Roffman and Anne Nicoll: Disseminating Accurate and Balanced Marijuana Education: An Opportunity for the Policy Reform Movement 9: Robert Gore and Mitch Earleywine: Marijuana's Perceived Addictiveness: A Survey of Clinicians and Researchers 10: Douglas Husak: Do Marijuana Offenders Deserve Punishment? 11: Elliot N. Dorff: Judaism and Marijuana 12: Charles Thomas: How in God's Name Do We Reform Our Marijuana Laws? 13: Charles Thomas: Detailed Analyses of Religious Groups' Divergent Positions on Marijuana 14: Mary Ann Pentz and Steve Sussman: Marijuana Abuse Prevention 15: Rodney Skager: Revisioning Youth Policy on Marijuana and Other Drug Use: Alternatives to Zero Tolerance SECTION VI: SUPPORT FOR THE STATUS QUO 16: Keith Sabet: Mend, Don't End America's Laws on Marijuana: Surprise! Laws on Marijuana Actually Work SECTION VII: A CALL TO ACTION 17: Mitch Earleywine: Values and the Marijuana DebateReviews<br> Pot Politics will help the movement marshal its best arguments--moral, legal, theological, pragmatic...it will be an eye-opener for students and movement newcomers, and even for seen-it-all movement graybeards...a welcome addition, both to the knowledge base on marijuana policy and its consequences and to the drug reformer's arsenal. --Drug War Chronicle<br> It is an important contribution to a debate that should concern all citizens who value justice and health in our society. --PsycCRITIQUES<br> Pot Politics will help the movement marshal its best arguments--moral, legal, theological, pragmatic...it will be an eye-opener for students and movement newcomers, and even for seen-it-all movement graybeards...a welcome addition, both to the knowledge base on marijuana policy and its consequences and to the drug reformer's arsenal. --Drug War Chronicle<br> It is an important contribution to a debate that should concern all citizens who value justice and health in our society. --PsycCRITIQUES<br> Pot Politics will help the movement marshal its best arguments--moral, legal, theological, pragmatic...it will be an eye-opener for students and movement newcomers, and even for seen-it-all movement graybeards...a welcome addition, both to the knowledge base on marijuana policy and its consequences and to the drug reformer's arsenal. --Drug War Chronicle It is an important contribution to a debate that should concern all citizens who value justice and health in our society. --PsycCRITIQUES Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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