ABSTRACT
The place of cannabis in global drug prohibition is in crisis, opening up new directions for socially engaged cannabis research. The Routledge Handbook of Post-Prohibition Cannabis Research invites readers to explore new landscapes of cannabis research under conditions of legalization with, not after, prohibition: "post-prohibition." The chapters are organized into five multidisciplinary sections: Governance, Public Health, Markets and Society, Ecology and the Environment, and Culture and Social Change. Case studies from the United States, Uruguay, Morocco, and the United Kingdom show readers alternative ways of thinking about human–cannabis relationships that move beyond questions of legality and illegality. Representing a cross-section of cannabis scholarship, the contributors provide readers with critical perspectives on legalization that are not based upon orthodoxies of prohibition. While legalization signals a global shift in the legitimacy of cannabis research, this collection identifies openings for academics, policy makers, and the public interested in ending the drug war, as well as a way to address broader social problems evident in the age of neoliberal governance within which prohibition has been entangled.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section 1|68 pages
Governance
chapter 3|8 pages
Legalization and Prohibition
chapter 6|18 pages
Five Years of Cannabis Regulation
section Section 2|53 pages
Public Health
chapter 8|10 pages
Deep Respect After Profound Neglect
section Section 3|71 pages
Markets and Society
chapter 14|12 pages
The Cannabis Enigma
chapter 18|15 pages
Zero Point Three
section Section 4|74 pages
Ecology and the Environment
chapter 19|10 pages
Industrializing Cannabis?
chapter 21|23 pages
Energy Use by the Indoor Cannabis Industry
chapter 22|9 pages
Two Rural Industries Intersecting Over Time
chapter 23|16 pages
Cannabis Seed in the Rif Region of Morocco
section Section 5|76 pages
Culture and Social Change