Why Marijuana Should Be Legal

By Ed Rosenthal, Steve Kubby, Rosenthal & Kubby

Book Overview

Marijuana hit mainstream America over 30 years ago and has been accepted by a large segment of society ever since. Despite government efforts to isolate and eliminate its use, it is more popular now than ever. Why Marijuana Should Be Legal analyzes the effects of marijuana and marijuana laws on society. The book addresses the drug's industrial and medical applications, preserving our Constitutional rights, economic costs, health effects, and sociological aspects. New and updated information includes how state officials are acting against the legalization of marijuana and how U.S. marijuana laws are based on inaccurate and outdated information. In discussing such issues and many more, the book presents clear, documented evidence for all of its conclusions. Also included is an annotated list of organizations that lobby for change of marijuana laws. "Rosenthal and Kubby offer crisp, well-reasoned arguments for legalizing marijuana." -- Mike Tribby, Booklist " A]n important contribution to the current national dialog on moves toward the decriminalization of this controversial drug." -- The Midwest Book Review

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560254815
• ISBN13: 9781560254812
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Running Press Adult
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Legalize it now

I used this book as one of my sources for a college paper i wrote. My grade was a B+. I think my professor smoked. I should have smoked with him.

Fascinating book

Easy to read, very informative. Helped me greatly with my research paper. Is a a great source to refer to when educating others.

'ere, read this!

We really need to take this issue seriously and consider the benefits of legalizing! I'm not a smoker, but have friends and family who are. They are upstanding, conscious, hardworking citizens who don't deserve to have to sneak around. We could alleviate so much financial stife in the US if we would be more open minded about this issue. And of course, the by-products are amazing too. The author has his facts straight and writes in an easy communicative style. Buy one for the republican in your family.

filled with informative information

This is one of those books that really helps when you have people that back you into a corner and ask questions like "If its so harmless, then why is it still illegal?" it goes through the issues that arise when a debate about the plant comes to surface such as: *Our constitutional rights *criminal innocents *economic costs *health effects *hemp: industrial applications *medical applications *national security *sociological apects *Why it isn't legal I really enjoyed reading this book and learned a good deal from it. for those against legalization...DO YOUR RESEARCH FIRST, this book is an eye opener on the subject.

A New Edition of The Classic

It's great to see this book out again. The authors make a perfect case for cannabis legalization by explaining established facts about constitutional rights, industrial uses of hemp, and the safety of the drug. They don't get bogged down in hundreds of references and citations, but everything they say has clear empirical support.