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How the Use of Marijuana Was Criminalized and Medicalized, 1906-2004: A Foucaultian History of Legislation in America
Author(s): Jeffrey Matthew London (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 172 pages
- ISBN-10: 077343772X
- ISBN-13: 9780773437722
Book Description
This book investigates the social construction of the processes of marijuana criminalization and marijuana medicalization, from 1906 to 2004 in American. Using a Foucaultian problem based approach to marshal a qualitatively general historical investigation, the manuscript scrutinizes the changing horizons of both processes.
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This book investigates the social construction of the processes of marijuana criminalization and marijuana medicalization, from 1906 to 2004 in American. Using a Foucaultian problem based approach to marshal a qualitatively general historical investigation, the manuscript scrutinizes the changing horizons of both processes.
About the Author
Dr.London received his doctoral degree from the University of Colorado in 2006, and began working at Metropolitan College-Denver as an Assistant Professor in 2007. Before moving to Denver, Dr. London was an Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Wyoming.
