Main description:

The first comprehensive Cannabis Handbook situated in an era when prohibition of marijuana has become more common in many US states and countries.

Broad coverage

The first comprehensive Cannabis Handbook situated in an era when prohibition of marijuana has become more common in many US states and countries.

Broad coverage of the major topics in the field, especially those related to cannabis and various aspects of society.

While many perspectives are represented, contributions include critical perspectives on legalization--pointing to issues that must be successfully managed by governments and other institutions.

of the major topics in the field, especially those related to cannabis and various aspects of society.

While many perspectives are represented, contributions include critical perspectives on legalization--pointing to issues that must be successfully managed by governments and other institutions.

Contents:

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Contributors
List of abbreviations

1 Introduction to Post-Prohibition

SECTION 1: GOVERNANCE

2 Notes on a Post-Prohibition Research Agenda
3 Legalization and Prohibition: Breaks, Continuities, and the Shifting Terms of Racial-Capitalist Governance
4 Growing Pains: Marijuana Legalization in Maine
5 Cannabis, Settler Colonialism, and Tribal Sovereignty in California
6 Five years of cannabis regulation: What can we learn from the Uruguayan experience?
7 Medical Cannabis in the UK: the (false) dawn of a new era?

SECTION 2: PUBLIC HEALTH

8 Deep Respect after Profound Neglect: Spiritual Health and Safety for Use of Cannabis and Other Entheogens in an Integrative Public Health System
9 Opioids and Substance Abuse: Cannabis as a Harm Reduction Tool
10 Cannabis in Exercise and Sport
11 Utilizing Community Based Participatory Research in Cannabis Knowledge Formation
12 Health and Safety of Cannabis Workers

SECTION 3: MARKETS AND SOCIETY

13 The Economic Impact of State Regulations and Taxes on Legal and Illegal Cannabis Markets
14 The Cannabis Enigma: Navigating Inequitable Tax, Banking, and Insurance Milieu in the United States
15 A Labor Studies Approach to Cannabis
16 Cannabis Corporate Social Responsibility: A Critical and Mixed-Method Approach
17 Consumer Activism, Sustainable Supply Chains, and the Cannabis Market
18 Zero Point Three: Current and Future Directions in the Political Economy of Medicinal Hemp

SECTION 4: ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

19 Industrializing Cannabis? Socio-Ecological Implications of Legalization and Regulation in California
20 The Environmental Impact of Cannabis Liberalization: Lessons from California
21 Energy Use by the Indoor Cannabis Industry: Inconvenient Truths for Producers, Consumers, and Policymakers
22 Two Rural Industries Intersecting over Time: Cannabis Production and Ecological Restoration in the Mattole Valley, California, USA
23 Cannabis Seed in the Rif Region of Morocco: The Commodification of Nature and the Construction of a Contested International Market

SECTION 5: CULTURE AND SOCIAL CHANGE

24 Flipping the Script on Cannabis Stigma: Legitimacy Strategies of Medical Cannabis Patients
25 Pleasure and the New Normal of Recreational Cannabis in the United States
26 Images of Race and Gender in Cannabis Legalization Campaigns in the United States
27 Marijuana in the media during the regulation era in Uruguay, 2013-2017
Sebastian Aguiar, Mauricio Coitino, Florencia Lemos, and Clara
28 The Intersection of Cannabis Reform and Other Progressive Movements: Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Researchers
29 Conflict and Consensus When Worlds Collide: The Intersection of Cannabis Citizen Science and Academia
30 Conclusion and Post-Prohibition Cannabis Research Futures

Index