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Cannabis nation : control and consumption in Britain, 1928-2008 /

Main Author: Mills, James H., 1970-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Cannabis > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Cannabis > Great Britain > History > 21st century.
Cannabis > Government policy > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Cannabis > Government policy > Great Britain > History > 21st century.
Cannabis > Law and legislation > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Cannabis > Law and legislation > Great Britain > History > 21st century.
Cannabis.
Marijuana Abuse.
Marijuana Smoking.
Phytotherapy.
Social Control Policies.
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245 1 0 |a Cannabis nation :  |b control and consumption in Britain, 1928-2008 /  |c by James H. Mills. 
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300 |a ix, 292 p. :  |b 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-282) and index. 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. "Frost is the only thing which kills it": Lascars, the drugs branch, and doctors, c. 1928-c. 1945 -- 3. "Egypt was taking strong action against the traffic in hashish": "loco-weed", the League of Nations, and the British Empire, c. 1928-c. 1945 -- 4. "The prevalence of hashish smoking among the coloured men": migration, communism, and crime, 1945-1962 -- 5. "Considered to be without medical justification": science, medicine, and committees, 1945-1961 -- 6. "Cannabis was spreading to white people": new consumers, new controls, 1962-1971 -- 7. "The British compromise": devolved power and the domestic consumer, 1971-1997 -- 8. "I have decided to reclassify cannabis, subject to parliamentary approval": legislators, law-enforcers, campaigns, and classification, 1997-2008 -- 9. Conclusion. 
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