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A Potent Moment

Building Social Equity into Cannabis Legalization
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A Potent Moment assesses the current state of cannabis laws in the United States in the context of broader discussions about drug policy and advances a framework for future efforts to use cannabis legalization to advance social equity. It describes the racist origins of cannabis criminalization and the ways in which the prosecutors of the War on Drugs have disproportionately harmed people of color. It also offers numerous detailed case studies to identify both the successes and failures of the more recent movement to legalize cannabis at the state level, particularly in terms of their efficacy at using cannabis policy to redress social inequality. At the same time, the author considers the difficulty of crafting effective policies in the face of ongoing cannabis criminalization at the federal level, a theme which is present throughout the book as well as in a chapter dedicated to weighing the benefits-but also real dangers-of various proposals for national legalization. A Potent Moment ends with a forceful call to reorient American drug policy away from fear, stigma, and punishment and toward evidence-driven approaches that are applied with compassion.
Jeffrey Moyer is visiting lecturer of public policy at Northeastern University.
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The First Era of Drug Regulation: From the Great Binge to the Great Society Chapter 2: Racial Inequity and the War on Drugs Chapter 3: Cannabis Legalization: A New Paradigm of Control? Chapter 4: Colorado: Legalization Without Equity Chapter 5: Ohio: Equity Without Legalization Chapter 6: Massachusetts: A Vision for Social Equity Chapter 7: Illinois: Policy Design for Social Equity Chapter 8: New York: Resources for Social Equity Chapter 9: The War on Drugs and the Fight for Racial Justice in Federal Legalization Conclusion: From "Halloween Sadism" to Harm Reduction: Moving Toward Equity Bibliography Index About the Author
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