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The ganja complex : Rastafari and marijuana
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- Creator
- by Ansley Hamid
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2002]
- ©2002
- Physical Details
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- xliii, 211 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780739103609, 0739103601
- OCLC
- ocm49594690
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-205) and index.
- Introduction: Use-complexes and the ganja complex -- Reviving the ganja complex : the crisis of Caribbean African youth in San Fernando, Trinidad during the 1960s -- How the ganja complex was diffused -- Economic and social-organizational underpinnings of the ganja complex -- Religion and ritual in the ganja complex -- The ganja complex, Rastafari, public opinion, and law enforcement -- The ganja complex in Brooklyn : the rise and fall of the marijuana complex and the advent of cocaine -- The ganja complex versus other marijuana use- complexes : ganja versus madi-juana --The informal economy -- U.S.-Caribbean drug connections