Marijuana is safer : so why are we driving people to drink? / by Steve Fox, Paul Armentano, Mason Tvert.
Fox, Steve, 1964-; Armentano, Paul, 1972-; Tvert, Mason.
2009
HV5822.M3 F69 2009 (Mapit)
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Title Marijuana is safer : so why are we driving people to drink? / by Steve Fox, Paul Armentano, Mason Tvert.
Author Fox, Steve, 1964-
ISBN 9781603581448 (pbk.)
1603581448 (pbk.)
Imprint White River Junction, VT : Chelsea Green Pub. Co., c2009.
Language English
Description xxi, 210 p. ; 22 cm.
Call Number HV5822.M3 F69 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 362.29/5
Summary From the Publisher: Nationally recognized marijuana-policy experts Steve Fox, Paul Armentano, and Mason Tvert compare and contrast the relative harms and legal status of the two most popular recreational substances in the world-marijuana and alcohol. Through an objective examination of the two drugs and the laws and social practices that steer people toward alcohol, the authors pose a simple yet rarely considered question: Why do we punish adults who make the rational, safer choice to use marijuana instead of alcohol? Marijuana Is Safer reaches for a broad audience. For those unfamiliar with marijuana, it provides an introduction to the cannabis plant and its effects on the user, and debunks some of the government's most frequently cited marijuana myths. For current and aspiring advocates of marijuana-law reform, as well as anyone else who is interested in what is becoming a major political battle, the authors spell out why the message that marijuana is safer than alcohol must be a prominent part of the public debate over legalization. Most importantly, for the millions of Americans who want to advance the cause of marijuana-policy reform-or simply want to defend their own personal, safer choice-this book provides the talking points and detailed information needed to make persuasive arguments to friends, family, coworkers, and elected officials.504Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Tvert, Mason.
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Foreword
Introduction
Part 1: Choice: Marijuana Vs Alcohol
1: Big two: the popular acceptance and use of marijuana and alcohol
2: Pot 101: understanding marijuana
3: Removing the "toxic" from intoxication: an objective comparison of the effects of alcohol and marijuana
Part 2: Choice, Interrupted
4: Reefer madness and all that jazz: the origins of pot prohibition
5: Reality check: the truth behind common marijuana myths
6: How society is systematically driving us to drink
7: Real-world ramifications of our pro-alcohol culture
Part 3: Freedom Of Choice
8: You would think this would be enough: traditional arguments against marijuana prohibition
9: Not adding a vice but providing an alternative
10: From theory to practice: "safer" to SAFER
11: Toward a tipping point: creating a buzz-and sparking change
12: Our vision of the future
Appendix: Spreading the "marijuana is safer" message
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the authors.

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