05522oam 2200769I 450 991046557420332120200520144314.01-135-01705-01-135-01706-90-203-75838-210.4324/9780203758380 (CKB)2560000000151664(EBL)1344659(SSID)ssj0001132983(PQKBManifestationID)12411048(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132983(PQKBWorkID)11155148(PQKB)11056907(MiAaPQ)EBC1344659(Au-PeEL)EBL1344659(CaPaEBR)ebr10875632(CaONFJC)MIL762066(OCoLC)881204398(EXLCZ)99256000000015166420180706d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSomething's in the air race, crime, and the legalization of marijuana /edited by Katherine Tate, James Lance Taylor, and Mark Q. SawyerNew York :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (385 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-84240-9 0-415-84239-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Editors' Introduction: Ending a War or Just California Dreamin'?; This Is Our Exit Strategy: The Case for Legalization; California Dreamin': The Case against Cannabis; The Chapters in This Volume; Notes; 1. Criminal Justice Costs of Prohibiting Marijuana in California; Existing Estimates of the Cost Marijuana Prohibition Imposes on California; Calculating the Costs for 2010; Community Corrections; Other Costs; Results; Discussion; Notes; 2. Public-Health Considerations in the Legalization DebateDrugs, Drug Laws, and African AmericansCase Study: Marijuana Arrests in Illinois; Marijuana and the Community Justice Model; Other Public-Health Impacts of Criminalizing Marijuana; Conclusion; Notes; 3. The Paths Not (Yet) Taken: Lower Risk Alternatives to Full-Market Legalization of Cannabis; Reflections on Prop 19; Home Cultivation; The Dutch Cannabis Coffee-Shop System; Cannabis Clubs and Licensing Models; Conclusions; Notes; 4. Why Did Proposition 19 Fail?; Theoretical Foundations; Our Survey; Statewide Electoral Data; Conclusion; Notes5. Winds of Change: Black Opinion on Legalizing MarijuanaGrowing Support in the Black Community; Explaining Black Support for the Legalization of Marijuana; Conclusion: A New Direction in the Debate; 6. The Highs and Lows of Support for Marijuana Legalization Among White Americans; Modern Debates over Marijuana Legalization; Generational Explanations are Insufficient; Putting the Marijuana Debate in Context; The Emergence of Medical Marijuana; Conclusion and Discussion; Notes; 7. Building Minority Community Power Through Legalization; Black Deviance-White InnocenceThe Blumstein Effect: The Problem with Race Disproportionality and the War on DrugsGetting High versus Getting Free: Legalization as a Step toward Carceral System Reform; Conclusion; Notes; 8. The Latino Politics of Proposition 19: Criminal Justice and Immigration; The Anti-Mexican History of Marijuana Laws; Criminal Justice Politics; Immigration Politics; Conclusion; Notes; 9. No Half-Measures: Mexico's Quixotic Policy on California's Proposition 19; Mexico's Battle against Organized Crime; U.S. Cooperation in the Drug War; Mexico as a Consumer Nation; Previous Mexican Drug DecriminalizationMexican Voices for Change in Drug PolicyQuestionable Potential of Proposition 19; Tracing Calderón's Statements on Proposition 19; An International Drug Prohibition Regime Change; Other Expert Analyses; Conclusions; Notes; 10. The "Chronic" and Coercion: Exploring How Legalizing Marijuana Might Get the U.S. Government off the Backs and Throats of Americans (or, Not); The War against the Chronic (or, the Chronic War); Legalization; Drug "Wars" and Breaking Blacks: On Disciplining and Punishing; Chronic Conclusions; Notes; References; List of Contributors; IndexIn this volume, contributors ask how would marijuana legalization affect communities of color? This timely collection of original essays analyzes the policy debate by a range of scholars addressing political, economic, health, and empowerment issues.Drug legalizationSocial aspectsUnited StatesMarijuanaUnited StatesAfrican AmericansDrug useHispanic AmericansDrug useDiscrimination in criminal justice administrationUnited StatesMinoritiesUnited StatesSocial conditionsElectronic books.Drug legalizationSocial aspectsMarijuanaAfrican AmericansDrug use.Hispanic AmericansDrug use.Discrimination in criminal justice administrationMinoritiesSocial conditions.362.29/50973Sawyer Mark Q.1972-887624Tate Katherine887625Taylor James Lance887626MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465574203321Something's in the air1982772UNINA