000351487 000__ 03660cam\a2200349\a\4500 000351487 001__ 351487 000351487 005__ 20210513125924.0 000351487 008__ 090601s2009\\\\vtu\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000351487 010__ $$a 2009022073 000351487 020__ $$a9781603581448 (pbk.) 000351487 020__ $$a1603581448 (pbk.) 000351487 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn318410502 000351487 035__ $$a351487 000351487 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dQBX$$dCDX$$dEDK 000351487 043__ $$an-us--- 000351487 049__ $$aISEA 000351487 05000 $$aHV5822.M3$$bF69 2009 000351487 08200 $$a362.29/5$$222 000351487 1001_ $$aFox, Steve,$$d1964- 000351487 24510 $$aMarijuana is safer :$$bso why are we driving people to drink? /$$cby Steve Fox, Paul Armentano, Mason Tvert. 000351487 260__ $$aWhite River Junction, VT :$$bChelsea Green Pub. Co.,$$cc2009. 000351487 300__ $$axxi, 210 p. ;$$c22 cm. 000351487 5050_ $$aForeword -- Introduction -- Part 1: Choice: Marijuana Vs Alcohol -- 1: Big two: the popular acceptance and use of marijuana and alcohol -- 2: Pot 101: understanding marijuana -- 3: Removing the "toxic" from intoxication: an objective comparison of the effects of alcohol and marijuana -- Part 2: Choice, Interrupted -- 4: Reefer madness and all that jazz: the origins of pot prohibition -- 5: Reality check: the truth behind common marijuana myths -- 6: How society is systematically driving us to drink -- 7: Real-world ramifications of our pro-alcohol culture -- Part 3: Freedom Of Choice -- 8: You would think this would be enough: traditional arguments against marijuana prohibition -- 9: Not adding a vice but providing an alternative -- 10: From theory to practice: "safer" to SAFER -- 11: Toward a tipping point: creating a buzz-and sparking change -- 12: Our vision of the future -- Appendix: Spreading the "marijuana is safer" message -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the authors. 000351487 520__ $$aFrom 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. 000351487 650_0 $$aMarijuana$$zUnited States. 000351487 650_0 $$aMarijuana abuse$$zUnited States. 000351487 650_0 $$aAlcoholism$$zUnited States. 000351487 650_0 $$aDrug legalization$$zUnited States. 000351487 7001_ $$aArmentano, Paul,$$d1972- 000351487 7001_ $$aTvert, Mason. 000351487 85200 $$bgen$$hHV5822.M3$$iF69$$i2009 000351487 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2009022073-b.html 000351487 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2009022073-d.html 000351487 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:351487$$pGLOBAL_SET 000351487 980__ $$aBIB 000351487 980__ $$aBOOK