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The High North

Cannabis in Canada

Edited by Andrew D. Hathaway & Clayton James Smith McCann
Categories: Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Law, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Crime and criminology, Social services and welfare, criminology, Society and Social Sciences
Publisher: UBC Press
Paperback : 9780774866712, 356 pages, December 2022
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Table of contents

Introduction: Can Someone Tell Me What Just Happened? / Andrew D. Hathaway and Clayton James Smith McCann

Part 1: Cannabis in Context: Historical, Political, and Economic Factors

1 From Prohibition to Legalization: Cannabis Use and the Law / Catherine Carstairs

2 Cannabis-Policy Integration and Alignment: Missed Opportunities and Obstacles to Collaborative Governance / Jared J. Wesley

3 Displacing the Illicit Cannabis Market: Challenges and Trade-offs / Jason Childs and George Hartner

4 Medical Cannabis Dispensaries: A Conduit for Change? / Jenna Valleriani

Part 2: Cannabis and Public Health: A Multidisciplinary View

5 Cannabis Legalization: Déjà Vu All over Again? / Michael DeVillaer

6 Cannabis Substitution: The Canadian Experience / Michelle St. Pierre, Sarah Daniels, and Zach Walsh

7 Cannabis and Mental Health: A Sociological Perspective / Andrew D. Hathaway

8 Help Wanted: The Plight of Workers and Consumers under Canada’s Legal Cannabis Production Regime / Clayton James Smith McCann

Part 3: Cannabis Subjectivities: An Array of Voices

9 Women in Corporate Cannabis Work

From a Good House to Good Farm / An interview with Jeannette VanderMarel

Building Consumer Trust in a Nascent Industry / Karina Lahnakoski

Cannabis Jobs in Canada / Alison McMahon

10 Last Stop Before Hopeless / Kelly Insley

11 Dusting Off the Path – Tsi Nionkwarihotens / Kanenhariyo Seth LeFort

12 Slow Cannabis / Kelly Coulter

13 Illicit Cannabis Market Folklore

Guilty Republic / Clayton James Smith McCann

For the Discriminating Traveller / “Sal”

14 Cannabis Activism in Canada: Reflections on a Movement in Transition / Jodie Emery

Postscript: “Craft” Cannabis and a New Kind of Canadian Farm / Andrew D. Hathaway and Clayton James Smith McCann

List of Contributors; Index

Description

The High North is a groundbreaking collection of essays that shakes up widely accepted narratives about marijuana legalization in Canada. Featuring contributions from cannabis scholars and “practitioners,” activists and advocates, these pieces examine public policy on cannabis, assess consumer perceptions, and revisit the history of the legalization movement. From the first appearance of cannabis in Canada and the advent of current-day dispensaries, to the mental health implications of legal weed and the plight of workers in the cannabis economy, The High North offers a comprehensive critique of the many aspects of legalization.