Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America
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| Author | Box Brown |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction, graphic novel |
| Published | 2019 |
| Publisher | First Second Books |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 244 |
| ISBN | 9781250154088 |
| OCLC | 1028217174 |
Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America is a 2019 nonfiction graphic novel[1] by Box Brown.
Publishers Weekly found it to be a "useful" historical review that "finds the drug's restriction is based on racism and falsehoods", and that it "will inform anyone curious about cannabis’s history in America".[2] NPR's review said Brown's story presentation and technique provided "perfect support for stories freighted with layers of misinformation and irony" like this examination of "the drug's history and the century-long, globe-spanning crusade against" cannabis.[3] Hollywood Reporter's review noted how Brown showed the pseudo-scientific studies that justified the initial U.S. prohibition were "strange and wonderful things — especially when they were exploring such hot-button topics as the effect that cannabis use has on people in an era when Reefer Madness was taken seriously as a cautionary tale".[4]