Reefer Madness (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Eric Schlosser
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Current affairs and economics
- Genres: Nonfiction, Current affairs, Economics
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Politics, Prisoners, Prisons, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, California, Law or legislation, Immigration or emigration, Publishing or publishers, Money, Drug trafficking or dealing, Censorship, Law enforcement, Pornography, Labor camps
Almost before his readers—the fans, converts, activists, company executives, and conservative critics—have “digested” the muckraking tour de force Fast Food Nation (2001), Eric Schlosser has given them a whole new subject to consider: the United States’ thriving black-market economy. Reefer Madness awakens readers to the massive profits available to pornography magnates, the rising demand for domestic marijuana, the relationship between marijuana possession laws and national incarceration rates, and the American addiction to foods grown and processed by illegal...
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