Add to ORKGIn Dying to Get High, noted sociologist Wendy Chapkis and Richard J. Webb investigate one community of seriously-ill patients fighting the federal government for the right to use physician-recommended marijuana. Based in Santa Cruz, California, the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM) is a unique patient-caregiver cooperative providing marijuana free of charge to mostly terminally ill members. For a brief period in 2004, it even operated the only legal non-governmental medical marijuana garden in the country, protected by the federal courts against the DEA. Using as their stage this fascinating profile of one remarkable organization, Chapkis and Webb tackle the broader, complex history of medical marijuana in America. Through comp...
Medical marijuana is a growing branch of alternative medicine, although many associate it with treat...
The use of medical marijuana is a controversial subject among doctors, scientists, policymakers, and...
Over the few years medical marijuana is growing in the United States. Because of the medical marijua...
In Dying to Get High, noted sociologist Wendy Chapkis and Richard J. Webb investigate one community ...
Medical marijuana laws have spread across the U.S. to all but a handful of states. Yet, eighty years...
Therapeutic use of marijuana is a political, medical and moral issue that has provoked controversy t...
For decades, law enforcement officers, government officials, and the medical community have continue...
The struggle for access to medical marijuana differs from most other battles for therapeutic freedom...
Marijuana is unique among illegal drugs in its political symbolism, its safety, and its wide use. Mo...
Abstract-Many medical, ethical, legal and political issues have been raised by legislation in Califo...
Cannabis sativa, more commonly known as marijuana, has been used for centuries. It is the most commo...
A growing number of states, however, have legalized the use and/or cultivation of marijuana for medi...
Weed, herb, grass, bud, ganja, Mary Jane, hash oil, sinsemilla, budder, and shatter. Marijuana - whe...
Fifteen states and the District of Columbia have passed medical marijuana legislation either throug...
In the 2012 election cycle, Massachusetts became the 20th state (including Washington, DC) to pass l...
Medical marijuana is a growing branch of alternative medicine, although many associate it with treat...
The use of medical marijuana is a controversial subject among doctors, scientists, policymakers, and...
Over the few years medical marijuana is growing in the United States. Because of the medical marijua...
In Dying to Get High, noted sociologist Wendy Chapkis and Richard J. Webb investigate one community ...
Medical marijuana laws have spread across the U.S. to all but a handful of states. Yet, eighty years...
Therapeutic use of marijuana is a political, medical and moral issue that has provoked controversy t...
For decades, law enforcement officers, government officials, and the medical community have continue...
The struggle for access to medical marijuana differs from most other battles for therapeutic freedom...
Marijuana is unique among illegal drugs in its political symbolism, its safety, and its wide use. Mo...
Abstract-Many medical, ethical, legal and political issues have been raised by legislation in Califo...
Cannabis sativa, more commonly known as marijuana, has been used for centuries. It is the most commo...
A growing number of states, however, have legalized the use and/or cultivation of marijuana for medi...
Weed, herb, grass, bud, ganja, Mary Jane, hash oil, sinsemilla, budder, and shatter. Marijuana - whe...
Fifteen states and the District of Columbia have passed medical marijuana legislation either throug...
In the 2012 election cycle, Massachusetts became the 20th state (including Washington, DC) to pass l...
Medical marijuana is a growing branch of alternative medicine, although many associate it with treat...
The use of medical marijuana is a controversial subject among doctors, scientists, policymakers, and...
Over the few years medical marijuana is growing in the United States. Because of the medical marijua...