Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America

Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America is a 2019 nonfiction graphic novel[1] by Box Brown.

Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America
AuthorBox Brown
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-fiction, graphic novel
Published2019
PublisherFirst Second Books
Publication placeUnited States
Pages244
ISBN9781250154088
OCLC1028217174

Publishers Weekly found it to be a "useful" historical review that "finds the drug's restriction is based on racism and falsehoods", and that it "will inform anyone curious about cannabis’s history in America".[2] NPR's review said Brown's story presentation and technique provided "perfect support for stories freighted with layers of misinformation and irony" like this examination of "the drug's history and the century-long, globe-spanning crusade against" cannabis.[3] Hollywood Reporter's review noted how Brown showed the pseudo-scientific studies that justified the initial U.S. prohibition were "strange and wonderful things — especially when they were exploring such hot-button topics as the effect that cannabis use has on people in an era when Reefer Madness was taken seriously as a cautionary tale".[4]

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