 First edition | |
| Author | Peter Hecht |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Cannabis |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
Publication date | March 2014 |
Weed Land: Inside America's Marijuana Epicenter and How Pot Went Legit is a non-fiction book about cannabis by Peter Hecht, published by University of California Press in March 2014. The book's first chapter covers the Drug Enforcement Administration's raid of the Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana in Santa Cruz, California. [1]
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