Cannabis

Description

"In this study, Martin Booth crafts a tale of medical advance, religious enlightenment, political subterfuge, and human rights, of law enforcement and custom officers, cunning smugglers, street pushers, gang warfare, writers, artists, musicians, and happy-go-lucky hippies and potheads." "Booth chronicles the fascinating and often mystifying process through which cannabis, a relatively harmless substance, became outlawed throughout the Western world, and the devastating effect such legislation has on the global economy. Above all, he demonstrates how the case for decriminalization remains one of the twenty-first century's hottest topics."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

ONCE UPON A TIME, ACCORDING TO A STORY RECOUNTED BY THE Islamic chronicler al-Maqrizi (1364-1442) in AD 1155, the founder of the Persian Sufi Hyderi sect, Haydar, left his cell in a monastery in the mountains near Neyshaur, in the Khorasan region of north-eastern Iran, and went out for a walk.

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Other Editions

• Cannabis: A HistoryHardcoverThomas Dunne Books2004-06-01
• CannabisDoubleday Canada, Limited2003-01-01
• CannabisBantam2004-01-01
• CannabisPaperbackPicador2005-05-12