Roger Roffman

Marijuana Nation: One Man's Chronicle of America Getting High: From Vietnam to Legalization

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For 45 years, Roffman has worn a multitude of hats, all related to his fascination with marijuana: the first to survey soldiers about their pot use in Vietnam, activist working to reform the laws, federally-funded marijuana dependence researcher, addiction therapist, drug educator, and - for a while - even a dealer who helped cancer patients learn about pot.It began in Vietnam where, as an Army officer in 1967, he questioned the prison terms meted out to soldiers who got high, while at every military base in the country booze was cheap and readily available.Roffman has experienced the layered and complex relationship Americans have with marij… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-60598-546-6
EAN: 9781605985466
Produktnummer: 15394849
Verlag: Pegasus Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 345 S.
Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.9 cm x D3.5 cm 553 g
Gewicht: 553

Über den Autor

Roger Roffman is a Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Washington and has been part of a federally-funded, twenty-five year study/counseling initiative for marijuana dependent teens and adults. He is a graduate of Boston University, the University of Michigan, and the University of California at Berkeley. Roger lives in Seattle.