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Author:

Boyd, Susan C., 1953- author.

Title:

Killer weed : marijuana grow ops, media, and justice / Susan C. Boyd and Connie I. Carter.

Publisher:

University of Toronto Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

viii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Marijuana--History--Canada--History--21st century.
Marijuana--Law and legislation--Canada.
Drug control--Canada--History--21st century.

Other Authors:

Carter, Connie, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-284) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Marijuana grow ops: setting the scene -- A brief sociohistory of drug scares, racialization, nation building, and policy -- Problematizing marijuana grow ops : Mayerthorpe and beyond -- Marijuana grow ops and organized crime -- Racialization of marijuana grow ops -- Using children to promote increased regulation : the representation and regulation of children found at grow ops -- Alternate perspectives.

ISBN:

1442612142 (paper)
9781442612143 (paper)
1442643676 (cloth)
9781442643673 (cloth)

LCCN:

2013478582

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)