marijuana industry

"... features information on more than twenty-five careers in the legal marijuana industry" -- Back cover.

"One of today's most controversial drugs, marijuana is seen by some as a useful medicine and by others as a dangerous drug that must remain outlawed. This title explores how marijuana affects the body, the laws and policies surrounding it, and the debate around its legalization"--Provided by publisher.

Christian Hageseth explores the growth of the marijuana industry in the United States.

From the 1996 passage of California?s Proposition 215, the nation?s first medical marijuana law, through law enforcement raids, clinical studies that revealed medical benefits for cannabis, and the emergence of a lucrative cannabis industry, Weed Land reveals the changing political, legal, economic, and social dynamics around pot. Peter Hecht, an award-winning journalist from The Sacramento Bee, offers an independent, meticulously reported account of the clashes and contradictions of a burgeoning California cannabis culture that stoked pot liberalization across the country.

After stumbling into a bear trap surrounding a large marijuana grove on his neighbor's property, Travis Shelton finds himself drawn into a world of subtle evils and danger as he struggles to free himself from his neighbor's influence and protect his close friends from a painful conflict.

Travis Shelton stumbles into a bear trap located in a large marijuana grove on his neighbor's property and finds himself drawn into a world of evil and danger as he tries to free himself from his neighbor's influence.

Discusses the history, effects, and treatment of marijuana use as well as legal matters, medicinal marijuana, and the marijuana industry, and provides a glossary and further reading list.