Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know® 1st Edition

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Should marijuana be legalized? The latest Gallup poll reports that exactly half of Americans say "yes"; opinion couldn't be more evenly divided.

Marijuana is forbidden by international treaties and by national and local laws across the globe. But those laws are under challenge in several countries. In the U.S., there is no short-term prospect for changes in federal law, but sixteen states allow medical use and recent initiatives to legalize production and non-medical use garnered more than 40% support in four states. California's Proposition 19 nearly passed in 2010, and multiple states are expected to consider similar measures in the years to come.

The debate and media coverage surrounding Proposition 19 reflected profound confusion, both about the current state of the world and about the likely effects of changes in the law. In addition, not all supporters of "legalization" agree on what it is they want to legalize: Just using marijuana? Growing it? Selling it? Advertising it? If sales are to be legal, what regulations and taxes should apply? Different forms of legalization might have very different results.

Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know� will provide readers with a non-partisan primer about the topic, covering everything from the risks and benefits of using marijuana, to describing the current laws around the drug in the U.S. and abroad. The authors discuss the likely costs and benefits of legalization at the state and national levels and walk readers through the "middle ground" of policy options between prohibition and commercialized production. The authors also consider how marijuana legalization could personally impact parents, heavy users, medical users, drug traffickers, and employers.

What Everyone Needs to Know� is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press.

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In this nonpartisan book (the authors themselves, all public-policy academics, don’t even personally hold the same viewpoints), readers will learn about the risks and benefits of marijuana legalization. The work outlines marijuana basics in a Q&A format—such as “Has marijuana been getting more potent?” and “Is marijuana really the nation’s leading cash crop?”—and considers legal and personal ramifications, from distribution to taxation to addiction. A valuable primer for anyone interested in the current debate about the war on drugs. --Rebecca Vnuk

Publisher : Oxford University Press; 1st edition (July 13, 2012)
Language : English
Paperback : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 0199913730
ISBN-13 : 978-0199913732
Item Weight : 10.7 ounces
Dimensions : 8.2 x 0.6 x 5.4 inches

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The title of the book is very accurate; the book also is very factual.

Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2018

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I have just read the book. I am very knowledgeable about the scientific research on the effects of marijuana.

The authors give a ton of factual information in the book. The book is easy to read.

The authors give their opinions at the end of the book. All 3 differ. They also jointly give parameters at the end of the book regarding what controls they believe there should be with legalization. They believe that there should be significantly more control with legalization than there currently has been in any of the states that have legalized with the exception of Vermont.

I would highly recommend the book. It is written by public policy experts who do not have a particular dog in the marijuana legalization fight. It is balanced and will help readers understand the different types of plans that one could use when legalizing marijuana. So far, in all states except Vermont, it has been one size fits all. But there are other ways to do this and the authors do a good job at describing these other ways.

Unless you already know a good amount about this topic, you will come away knowing a lot more.

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Just an excellent book!

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2017

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If you are at all interested in the implications of legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, this book is a "must read." The authors describe the behavioral effects of marijuana, the harms, the various ways to ingest the drug, the medical benefits and the implications on driving after marijuana use. They bring us up-to-date on what has happened in the states that have legalized marijuana and make estimates for the future. Just an excellent book!

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Old Tim

Avery interesting book

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2013

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In some ways I am not sure how to review this book. It reads more like a very critical piece with much discussion of addiction/dependance which the authors weave into most topics. While not addictive, a few people, especially young people, can certainly become dependent but it seemed to me cannabis dependence is over stated. I think one thing of value here is an honest discussion of some claims about the economics of legalization. However, having said that, I also think the authors give short shrift to hemp. The extrapolate from current use which does not strike me as valid. If hemp was legal, I believe many more uses as well as the economies of scale would result in a healthy, environmentally friendly industry. I recommend that those who advocate legalization as I do, should read this book so as to help keep their discussions more factual. If this review seems to vacillate between positive and negative it is because does but that's the value of the book.

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This is a good book written by people who write for the RAND ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2014

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This is a good book written by people who write for the RAND corporation, a well known think tank, often employed by the government and other large organizations. It is thorough and a more scholarly writing than most books on marijuana. The authors point out many of the pros and cons that may be associated with marijuana legalization. In most cases they note that much of what is stated today by proponents as well as opponents of legalization is currently not able to be verified scientifically. They frequently use the phrase "unintended consequences" when talking about legalization. In one of the later chapters the four authors each summarize their own position. Only one would not legalize or make many changes to current laws the other three all would like to see changes made but each has concerns and each vary in his/her approach to legalization. I had previously read Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink (2nd edition) and this book, along with additional research tempered my views. I now would like to see the Federal government turn this question over to the states, and have the DEA reduce marijuana from its current Schedule 1 status to a Schedule 3, 4 or 5.

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thorough well documened ; written by very informed and thoughtful leaders in the area

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2019

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Written by researches-who can communicate to us less "cerebral people" who want accurate information and thoughtful opinions. Hope they write an updated version based on study and experience since this edition was published in 2016.

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Moves us forward to a place where we can imagine real reform

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2012

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"Marijuana Legalization" by Beau Kilmer, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Mark A.R. Leiman and Angela Hawken is a thoroughly excellent, non-partisan discussion of marijuana legalization. The authors collaboratively address all of the major issues, coolly weighing the pros and cons while demonstrating respect for the reader's intelligence. This well-written book should be read by everyone who favors a more enlightened, caring and tolerant society.

The book is divided into two sections: 'Marijana and Prohibition Today' and 'Legalization and its Consequences'. The chapters pose questions such as, 'How is marijuana produced and distributed today?', 'What is known about the nonmedical benefits of using marijuana?', 'What if marijuana was treated like alcohol?' and so on. Importantly, the authors do not dumb down the issues, resort to polemics or cajole us to join any one side of the argument. Although we might come to understand that reasonable people can disagree on specific points, the plain facts of the failed prohibition policies and the relative benign characteristics of marijuana consumption inexorably move us forward to a place where we can imagine real reform.

I believe the book offers a number of valuable takeaways. As can be seen in the case of California's medical marijuana laws, the authors argue that referendums do not always produce the best policies; they believe it would be far preferable to legislate policy through open, deliberative processes. The authors suggest that we should avoid a marketplace dominated by a few large, profit-maximizing corporations who would probably encourage user dependency through insidious marketing practices; instead, it might be far more preferable to empower community-based coops or perhaps local government monopolies on production and trade to ensure greater product quality, consistency and reasonable end user prices. In any case, the authors provide evidence that legalization might best be achieved if the federal government backs away and allows individual states to experiment with their various reforms; whereupon the most successful ones could be subsequently adapted by other states.

Interestingly, we learn that perhaps the biggest wildcard pertaining to legalized weed is alcohol. Although the authors largely debunk the inflated cost savings to the criminal justice system that might be achieved through the relaxation of marijuana laws, they stress that we can not know with certainty if the inevitable increase in marijuana use that will come about through legalization will encourage greater use of alcohol (or for that matter, other illegal drugs), or not. Recognizing of course that alcohol is the far more destructive drug (see also Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink? ), the authors caution that any potential benefits gained through legalizing marijuana could be more than offset if alcohol consumption increases in tandem.

In the final chapter, the four authors offer their opinions on what might be done. It should be noted that none are in favor of the status quo; the individual authors simply differ on the degree of legalization they recommend implementing at this point in time. As noted, the authors stress that legalization should be a closely-monitored process where the unforeseen consequences that might ensue from poorly-written policies can be corrected. With hundreds of pages of thoughtful discussion and analysis, it is difficult not to agree with the author's thoroughly reasonable conclusions; especially on the many specific points where a general consensus has been reached.

I highly recommend this outstanding book to everyone.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2020

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 1, 2016

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B. Gábor

Good summary on the subject

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 30, 2013

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The book presents it's arguments pro/contra in the forms of questions and answers. It was written before the Colorado and Washington legalisation, but it is all still relevant. No cons as far as I can see.

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Alvaro A. F. Mendes Jr.

Great book

Reviewed in Brazil on August 11, 2015

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Ive enjoyed a lot. Theyre not radical prolegalization scholars. So their look about marijuana is very interesting. After Kevin sabet book about cannabis policy, i would recommend This.

Derek Albert

Lazy Research and Incredible Sources

Reviewed in Canada on May 4, 2013

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I bought this book for a presentation I was doing at school thinking that it was a different book by the same title that had been inconveniently taken out from the library when I needed it. Among a number of previously written, non-academic reviews that may have used academic sources to support their arguments, the authors used Erowid, the online drug forum, as a source. I think that pretty much sums up the quality of this book. While not everyone interested in this book will be using it in an academic setting, I think that most will at least expect credible research to be underlying the claims being made. Instead, the authors simply take a number of similarly themed secondary sources and amalgamate them into something masquerading as an updated survey of the topic. Not only is this lazy investigating, but it's misleading in that a less thorough reader will assume that because it was published in 2012, it is an up-to-date presentation of the facts, but in reality, it's just a rehashing of old evidence...and less than credible evidence at that.

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