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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511312903321

Autore

Pietri Joseph R

Titolo

The 15 Ounce Pound [[electronic resource] ] : There's Somethin' Happenin' Here What it is Ain't Exactly Clear

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : Trine Day, 2014

ISBN

1-937584-15-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Disciplina

550

Soggetti

Pharmaceutical industry -- India

Pharmaceutical industry

Marijuana industry - Therapeutic use - United States

Marijuana - Law and legislation - United States

Pharmaceutical industry - United States

Patent medicines - United States

Agricultural Economics

Business & Economics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CoverImage; Title page; copyright page; Om Shiva Shankara; Quote; Origin of the term POT; Acknowledments; Table of Contents; Foreword; When you go into the jungle, don't talk to the monkeys - go directly to Tarzan.; A Road Less Traveled; A Toke of Contention; Smells Like Skunk; Operation Green Merchant; Amsterdam; The Horse's Mouth; What's Going On?; HortaPharm; HortaPharm Article in Dutch Newspaper; GW Pharmaceuticals Press Release; British Newspaper article; From the Journal of Forensic Sciences:; From the TokeSignals:; Sam Sez; Cannabis Cabal; Potter's Pot Thesis

Biopiracy and The Tale of TurmericGoing Dutch?; A Day in the Life; Time Will Tell; Water Hash; The beat goes on ...; URUGUAY TO TRACK LEGAL MARIJUANA; There's somethin' happenin' here; Documents; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the United States, cannabis is currently illegal, but this book



investigates how big pharmaceutical companies are looking at an end-game of legality-controlled by them. It examines how the Amsterdam scene has been transformed; how home growers have been manipulated into using inferior techniques; and how companies, with help from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and "big pharma," are patenting cannabis strains for control and profit. The leadership of the cannabis industry want to legalize marijuana with taxation and regulation, but the phar