Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America


Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America


Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America is a 2019 nonfiction graphic novel by Box Brown.

Publishers Weekly found it to be a "useful" historical review that "finds the drug's restriction is based on racism and falsehoods", and that it "will inform anyone curious about cannabis’s history in America". NPR's review said Brown's story presentation and technique provided "perfect support for stories freighted with layers of misinformation and irony" like this examination of "the drug's history and the century-long, globe-spanning crusade against" cannabis. Hollywood Reporter's review noted how Brown showed the pseudo-scientific studies that justified the initial U.S. prohibition were "strange and wonderful things — especially when they were exploring such hot-button topics as the effect that cannabis use has on people in an era when Reefer Madness was taken seriously as a cautionary tale".

See also

  • List of books about cannabis

References

Sources

  • Lehoczky, Etelka (April 3, 2019). "Beyond 'Reefer Madness': Box Brown's Graphic History Tells Story Of A Maligned Plant". NPR.
  • "Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America", Publishers Weekly (book review), November 12, 2018
  • Mcmillan, Graeme (May 2, 2018). "Andy Kaufman Biographer Turns Attention to Cannabis in New Graphic Novel". Hollywood Reporter (book review).
  • Osicki, J. (January 25, 2019), "Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America by Box Brown", Library Journal (book review)

Further reading

  • Dominic Umile (March 20, 2019). "America's Racist War on Drugs Explored in Comics". hyperallergic.com. Philadelphia cartoonist Box Brown examines marijuana — where it came from, its life in the US, and, importantly, the breathless national campaign to demonize a certain segment of its users.
  • "Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America by Box Brown", Kirkus Reviews (book review), February 2019
  • Hans Rollmann (June 17, 2019). "Box Brown Takes on the Ultimate Weed Killer in 'Cannabis'". PopMatters.

Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America by Wikipedia (Historical)



 

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