The Marihuana Conviction: A History of Marihuana Prohibition in the United States
The Marihuana Conviction: A History of Marihuana Prohibition in the United States
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大麻定罪：美国大麻禁令的历史
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1975
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S. Zalcman
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S. Zalcman
这本由弗吉尼亚大学法学院两位教授撰写的书，在防尘封面上被描述为“美国第一部关于大麻使用和禁止的全面历史”。这可能有点出版商的夸张，但作者确实就这一主题提出了一篇全面而客观的论文。根据他们的训练和背景，他们的方法基本上是社会文化的。他们追踪了本世纪美国大麻使用的演变，描述了社会对这种制剂的引入的反应，并审查了这种反应对后续立法的影响。他们还审查了科学界最近的贡献，并试图评估它们对公共政策的影响。他们的结论是，政府关于精神活性药物，特别是大麻的政策，主要是政治、经济和文化因素的结果；在他们看来，科学和哲学发挥的作用很小。
This book by two professors at the University of Virginia School of Law is described on its dust jacket as "the first full-scale history of marihuana use and prohibition in the United States." This may be a bit of publisher's hyperbole, but the authors do present a comprehensive and objective treatise on the subject. As befits their training and background, their approach is basically sociocultural. They trace the evolution of marihuana use in the United States during this century, describe society's reaction to introduction of this agent, and examine the impact of this reaction on subsequent legislation. They also examine the more recent contributions from the scientific community and try to assess their effects on public policy. They conclude that governmental policy concerning psychoactive drugs in general, and marihuana in particular, is chiefly the result of political, economic and cultural factors; science and philosophy, in their view, have exerted little