Waiting to inhale : cannabis legalization and the fight for racial justice
- Author/Creator:
- Owusu-Bempah, Akwasi, author
- Publication/Creation:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
- Resource Type:
- Book
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Waiting to inhale : cannabis legalization and the fight for racial justice / Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Tahira Rehmatullah
- Variant Titles:
- Cannabis legalization and the fight for racial justice
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Rehmatullah, Tahira, author
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Electronic books
- Subjects:
- Cannabis--United States
Drug control--United States
Drug traffic--United States
Crime and race--United States
Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States
African Americans--Social conditions
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Introduction -- 1. The Longest War -- 2. Prohibition and Racism -- 3. The Pioneers -- 4. Missed Opportunity in the North -- 5. The Cost of Conviction -- 6. Erasing the Past -- 7. Paying It Back -- 8. Room at the Top -- 9. The Way Forward.
- Summary:
- "Tells the stories of those who suffered during the worst social and political failure in the continent's history-the War on Drugs-and what we can do to right the wrongs of the past"--
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 239 pages)
- Local Note:
- Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937708552602486
- ISBN:
- 9780262373128
0262373122
9780262373111
0262373114 - OCLC Number:
- 1348643840
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