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In The Ganja Complex Ansley Hamid skillfully welds together two
decades of ethnographic research on marijuana in the Caribbean and
the United States. Hamid juxtaposes an in-depth study of the spread
of Rastafari in the 1970s with an examination of the rise of an
international marijuana economy. This revisionist work departs
radically from previous scholarship by identifying Rastafari, not
as a messianic or millenarian cult, but as a participant in the
essential functions of a community's overall economic life. It
demonstrates how Rastafari has revitalized third-world economies
using indigenous resources, capital, and talent, and documents the
internationalization of the 5000-year-old Asian pattern of
marijuana use--centered about worship of the Hindu god Shiva--that
is the "ganja complex."
Many universes have come and gone where our Milky Way appears in
the cosmos. Coming into presence in order to evolve, previous ones
were scrapped when they failed to do so. Our Milky Way is at that
crossroads, and Barzhad Osama has been sent to Earth to make sure
it succeeds and survives. However, there are obstacles, including a
dispute with his wife, Millie, which may result in divorce! Will
Barzhad overcome them? The answer illuminates the causes and
emergent consequences of the global, economic downturn of 2008-9,
the collapse of the banking system, the plans being formulated to
fix them, the strengths and weaknesses of the current
administration in Washington, and human destiny.
This basic analysis of the drug problem in America describes the
histo rical and present use of mood-altering drugs; the economics
of drug tr afficking; theories of addiction; and the resulting
crime, violence, a nd community deterioration. In addition, the
author focuses on the eff ects of legalizing drugs and the role of
law enforcement. This is an i deal text for any course discussing
drug use and abuse.
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