{"product_id":"killer-weed-9781442643673","title":"Killer Weed","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGoing beyond the newspapers, Killer Weed examines how legal, political, and civil initiatives that have emerged from the media narrative have troubling consequences for a shrinking Canadian civil society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A first-rate book about marijuana, grow operations, and the media in Canada... The book is both rigorous and sound, and will be of use to academics and graduate students doing work in drug policy, media studies, and sociology... Highly recommended.' -- R.Koop Choice vol 52:03:2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures and Tables  Acknowledgements  Introduction: Marijuana Grow Ops: Setting the Scene  Chapter One: A Brief Socio-History of Drug Scares, Racialization, Nation Building, and Policy  Chapter Two: Problematizing Marijuana Grow Ops: Mayerthorpe and Beyond  Chapter Three: Marijuana Grow Ops and Organized Crime  Chapter Four: Racialization of Marijuana Grow Ops  Chapter Five: Civil Responses to Marijuana Grow Ops  Chapter Six: Using Children to Promote Increased Regulation: The Representation and Regulation of Children and Parents Found at Grow Ops  Chapter Seven: Alternative Perspectives  Appendix  Newspaper References  References  Notes","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408365756759,"sku":"9781442643673","price":51.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442643673.jpg?v=1730502634","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/killer-weed-9781442643673","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}