
Forthcoming · Crown
A Good Drug Gone Wrong
The Broken Promises of Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana legalization was sold as a promise of economic vitality, social justice, and medicine. But in the rush to legalize cannabis, America was unprepared for the drug it would become. This book traces the transformation of marijuana into an industrialized, high-potency drug, shaped by commercial forces that outpaced science, medicine, and regulation, leaving Americans to grapple with addiction and mental illness they never saw coming.