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Author:
Hamid, Ansley.
Title:
The ganja complex : Rastafari and marijuana / by Ansley Hamid.
Publisher:
Lexington Books,
Copyright Date:
c2002
Description:
xliii, 211 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Youth--Drug use--San Fernando.--San Fernando.
Rastafari movement--San Fernando.--San Fernando.
Bhang (Drug)
Cannabis.
Marijuana
Drug traffic--Caribbean Area.
Drug traffic--United States.
San Fernando (Trinidad and Tobago)--Social conditions.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-205) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Use-complexes and the ganja complex -- Reviving the ganja complex : the crisis of Caribbean African youth in San Fernando, Trinidad during the 1960s -- How the ganja complex was diffused -- Economic and social-organizational underpinnings of the ganja complex -- Religion and ritual in the ganja complex -- The ganja complex, Rastafari, public opinion, and law enforcement -- The ganja complex in Brooklyn : the rise and fall of the marijuana complex and the advent of cocaine -- The ganja complex versus other marijuana use- complexes : ganja versus madi-juana --The informal economy -- U.S.-Caribbean drug connections.
ISBN:
9780739103609 (alk. paper)
0739103601 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)49594690
LCCN:
2002004715
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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