Author: Rudolph J. Gerber
This book is a frontal assault on the
federal government's almost century-long campaign against marijuana in all its forms-cultivation, growing, selling, and recreational and medicinal use. Beginning with the anti-pot campaign of the first unofficial drug czar, Harry Anslinger, in the 1930s and continuing wiht only minor differences in emphasis through the recent Reagan, Clinton, and two Bush administrations,
federal efforts to stamp out every form of marijuana use involve ignoring the independent reports of numerous federal commissions; supporting provably false claims about marijuana's effects; acquiescing to conservative law enforcement and religious groups' condemnatory agendas…
This is a superb look at the history and politics of cannabis laws in the U.S. Judge Gerber does a truly excellent job explaining that today's problems stem from illogical steps taken in the 1930s.
