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Boeri, Miriam; Lamonica, Aukje K. – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2017
Marijuana was widely sold and used in the U.S. as a patent medicine until the early 1930s, when states began enacting marijuana laws instigated by racist anti-marijuana propaganda. The social construction of marijuana as one of the most dangerous drugs was completed in 1970 when marijuana was classified as a Schedule 1 drug. In recent years,…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Drug Therapy, State Legislation, State Policy