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vii, 519 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Investigative journalist Martin A. Lee traces the social history of marijuana from its origins to its emergence in the 1960s as a defining force in an ongoing culture war. Lee describes how the illicit marijuana subculture overcame government opposition and morphed into a multibillion-dollar industry. In 1996, Californians voted to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. Similar laws have followed in several other states, but not without antagonistic...
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80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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What's the marijuana industry look like around the world? How are businesses, governments, and patients impacted by the laws of their lands? Is there really any proof that medical marijuana works? Information about marijuana as an illegal drug, as a medicine, and as a business. Looks at how legalization is impacting states and countries that have legalized marijuana. Learn about medical and recreational marijuana, the benefits and harmful effects...
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80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"In some countries and U.S. states, recreational and/or medical marijuana has been legalized, although it is still illegal for children to use it (except for physician-recommended medical purposes). Marijuana has serious effects on the human brain and body, and it's important for teens to know what the side effects are and how marijuana will affect them if they choose to use it as adults. Marijuana's Harmful Effects on Youth provides information on...
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xi, 225 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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After decades of misinformation about cannabis largely due to the well-funded propaganda campaign in the 1930s, public attitudes toward the drug have finally begun to evolve. In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana and since then, 28 other states, 2 U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia have followed suit. Now countless patients are reaping the benefits of this amazing resource which has been used to effectively...
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xxxii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"This practical, accessible guide to using CBD-dominant cannabis contains a wealth of information for both first-time explorers and experienced patients who want to know more about safely treating a number of health conditions with remarkable results and low to no psychoactivity or negative side effects. CBD (cannabidiol) is a component of cannabis that can provide relief for conditions such as seizures, pain, inflammation, anxiety, depression, arthritis,...
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311 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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A chronicle of marijuana's journey toward and away from legalization examines how grassroots activists from the 1970s nearly secured its decriminalization before conservative parents and the Reagan administration transformed cannabis into a focus for the war on drugs.
"In the last five years, eight states have legalized recreational marijuana. To many, continued victories seem certain. But pot was on a similar trajectory forty years ago, only to...
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255 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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Based on the popular Munchies and Viceland television series Bong Appetit, this cannabis cookbook features 65 "high"-end recipes for sweet and savory dishes as well as cocktails. Inspired by the popular MUNCHIES and Viceland television series, Bong Appetit is the Joy of Cooking for a new generation interested in making serious, sophisticated food with weed. Bong Appetit breaks down the science of infusing (oils, butters, milks, alcohol, and more)...
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80 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Readers will learn how various countries treat medical marijuana, about studies that support its benefits for a wide variety of conditions (and some that don't), about the potential side effects of marijuana, and much more."--
14) Light it up
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387 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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Combat veteran Peter Ash leaves a simple life rebuilding hiking trails in Oregon to help his good friend Henry Nygaard, whose daughter runs a Denver security company that protects cash-rich cannabis entrepreneurs from modern-day highwaymen. Henry's son-in-law and the company's operations manager were carrying a large sum of client money when their vehicle vanished without a trace, leaving Henry's daughter and her company vulnerable.
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175 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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Español
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He aquí una guía completa y sencilla para sencilla para utilizar de manera segura el cannabis (tanto el CBD como el THC) con el fin de aliviar problemas de salud --crónicos y agudos-- como dolor, insomnio, inflamación, depresión, ansiedad, angustia, estrés y otros.
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -- the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato -- and the corresponding human desires -- sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house...
19) Go-between
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373 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Emily runs a successful bistro in Humboldt County, California, where she lives with her handsome boyfriend, Jeff, a volunteer firefighter. A lot of her best customers are in the cannabis business, but so what? It's true that the bistro was funded by drug money, and sure, firefighting isn't really Jeff's main job -- that would be flying Humboldt's finest weed to out-of-state customers. And sure, he isn't really Emily's boyfriend, more like the guy...
20) Birds of passage
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1 videodisc (approximately 125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Español
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"The origins of the Colombian drug trade, as seen through eyes of an indigenous Wayuu family that becomes involved in the booming business of selling marijuana to American youth in the 1970s. When greed, passion and honor collide, a fratricidal war breaks out and puts their lives, culture and ancestral traditions at stake."--container
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