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In November 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington passed landmark measures to legalize the production and sale of cannabis for social use--a first not only in the United States but also the world. Medical cannabis is now legal in twenty states and Washington, D.C., and more than one million Americans have turned to it in place of conventional pharmaceuticals. Yet the federal government refuses to acknowledge these broader societal shifts and continues to raid and arrest people: 49.5 percent of all drug-related arrests involve the sale, manufacture, or possession of cannabis. In the first book to explore the new landscape of cannabis in the United States, investigative journalists Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian present a deeply researched, insightful story of how recent developments tie into cannabis's complex history and thorny politics.



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Alyson Martin

Alyson Martin is an award-winning journalist, a photographer, and an editor. She focuses on investigative journalism, health reporting, and drug policy. Her work has been published by the New York Times, The Nation, The Post-Star, the Albany Times Union, the Ithaca Journal and the 2011 edition of the book Our Bodies, Ourselves. Martin is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She is a lifelong Yankees fan. www.anewleafbook.com



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