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Book SynopsisIn The Real Dope, Edgar-Andre Montigny brings together leading scholars from a diverse range of fields to examine the relationship between moral judgment and legal regulation in the debate surrounding the potential decriminalization of marijuana.
Trade Review'Highly informative, carefully constructed, and politically provocative.' -- Stuart Henderson Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol 29:02:2012 'The Real Dope is the real deal for anyone wishing to engage in an informed debate of drug policy in Canada.' -- Jordan Richards Saskatchewan Law Review, vol 76:2013
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction * Setting Public Policy on Drugs: A Choice of Social Values by Line Beauchesne (University of Ottawa) * Unmaking Manly Smokes: Church, State, Governance and the First Anti-Smoking Campaign in Montreal, 1892-1914 by Jarrett Rudy (McGill University) * From Flapper to Sophisticate: Canadian Women University Students as Smokers, 1920-1960 by Sharon Anne Cook (University of Ottawa) *"Their Medley of Tongues and Eternal Jangle": Liquor Control & Ethnicity in Ontario, 1927-44 by Dan Malleck (Brock University) * Becoming a "Hype": Drug Law, Subculture Formation and Resistance in Canada, 1945-61 by Catherine Carstairs (University of Guelph) *"Just Say Know": Criminalizing LSD and the Politics of Psychedelic Expertise, 1961-68 by Erika Dyck (University of Saskatchewan) * Setting Boundaries: LSD Use and Glue-Sniffing in Ontario in the Sixties by Marcel Martel (York University) * From Beverage to Drug: Alcohol and Other Drugs in 1960s and 1970s Canada by Greg Marquis (University of New Brunswick, Saint John) * Considering the Revolving Door: The Inevitability of Addiction Treatment in the Criminal Justice System by Dawn Moore (Carleton University) * Biopolitics, Geopolitics and the Regulation of (Club) Drugs in Canada by Kyle Grayson (York University) * Afterword: A Personal Reflection on the Law and Illicit Drug Use by Alan Young (Osgoode Hall Law School) Contributors
