A Potent Moment: Building Social Equity into Cannabis Legalization

by Jeffrey Moyer

A Potent Moment assesses the current state of cannabis laws in the United States in the context of broader discussions about drug policy and advances a framework for future efforts to use cannabis legalization to advance social equity. It describes the racist origins of cannabis criminalization and the ways in which the prosecutors of the War on Drugs have disproportionately harmed people of color. It also offers numerous detailed case studies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1666918075
• ISBN13: 9781666918076
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"