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[PDF]Download Grass Roots: A History of Cannabis in the American West Read Online Details Details Product: Marijuana legalization is unfolding across the American West, but cultivation of the cannabis plant is anything but green. Unregulated outdoor grows are polluting ecosystems, high-powered indoor grows are churning out an excessive carbon footprint, and the controversial crop is becoming an agricultural boon just as the region faces an unprecedented water crisis. To understand how we got here and how the legal cannabis industry might become more environmentally sustainable, Grass Roots looks at the history of marijuana growing in the American West, from early Mexican American growers on sugar beet farms to today’s sophisticated greenhouse gardens. Over the past eighty years, federal marijuana prohibition has had a multitude of consequences, but one of the most important is also one of the most overlooked—environmental degradation. Grass Roots argues that the most environmentally negligent farming practices—such as indoor growing—were borne out of prohibition. Now those same practices are continuing under legalization.Grass Roots uses the history of cannabis as a crop to make sense of its regulation in the present, highlighting current efforts to make the marijuana industry more sustainable. In exploring the agricultural history of cannabis, There are many social and political histories of cannabis, but in considering cannabis as a plant rather than as a drug, Grass Roots offers the only agriculturally focused history to date. Author: Nick Johnson Language: English Format: PDF / EPUB / MOBI E-Books are now available on this website Works on PC, iPad, Android, iOS, Tablet, MAC) THE BEST & MORE SELLER Discover a new world at your fingertips with our wide selection of books online. Our online bookstore features the latest books, eBooks and audio books from best-selling authors, so you can click through our aisles to browse titles & genres that make jaws fall in love with adults, teens and children. Find the perfect book for you today
[PDF]Download Grass Roots: A History of Cannabis in the American West Read Online Details
Details Product: Marijuana legalization is unfolding across the American West, but cultivation of the cannabis plant is anything but green. Unregulated outdoor grows are polluting ecosystems, high-powered indoor grows are churning out an excessive carbon footprint, and the controversial crop is becoming an agricultural boon just as the region faces an unprecedented water crisis. To understand how we got here and how the legal cannabis industry might become more environmentally sustainable, Grass Roots looks at the history of marijuana growing in the American West, from early Mexican American growers on sugar beet farms to today’s sophisticated greenhouse gardens. Over the past eighty years, federal marijuana prohibition has had a multitude of consequences, but one of the most important is also one of the most overlooked—environmental degradation. Grass Roots argues that the most environmentally negligent farming practices—such as indoor growing—were borne out of prohibition. Now those same practices are continuing under legalization.Grass Roots uses the history of cannabis as a crop to make sense of its regulation in the present, highlighting current efforts to make the marijuana industry more sustainable. In exploring the agricultural history of cannabis, There are many social and political histories of cannabis, but in considering cannabis as a plant rather than as a drug, Grass Roots offers the only agriculturally focused history to date.
Author: Nick Johnson
Language: English
Format: PDF / EPUB / MOBI
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Cannabis in the American West Full Online
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Cannabis in the American West Full Online
Marijuana legalization is unfolding across the American West, but cultivation of the
cannabis plant is anything but green. Unregulated outdoor grows are polluting
ecosystems, high-powered indoor grows are churning out an excessive carbon
footprint, and the controversial crop is becoming an agricultural boon just as the
region faces an unprecedented water crisis. To understand how we got here and how
the legal cannabis industry might become more environmentally sustainable, Grass
Roots looks at the history of marijuana growing in the American West, from early
Mexican American growers on sugar beet farms to today’s sophisticated greenhouse
gardens. Over the past eighty years, federal marijuana prohibition has had a
multitude of consequences, but one of the most important is also one of the most
overlooked—environmental degradation. Grass Roots argues that the most
environmentally negligent farming practices—such as indoor growing—were borne out
of prohibition. Now those same practices are continuing under legalization.Grass
Roots uses the history of cannabis as a crop to make sense of its regulation in the
present, highlighting current efforts to make the marijuana industry more
sustainable. In exploring the agricultural history of cannabis, There are many social
and political histories of cannabis, but in considering cannabis as a plant rather than
as a drug, Grass Roots offers the only agriculturally focused history to date.
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