Chasing Dragons : : Security, Identity, and Illicit Drugs in Canada / / Kyle Grayson.
Canada has received significant attention of late for initiating a government-sponsored medical marijuana program and for its flirtation with marijuana decriminalization. At best, these initiatives have contributed to Canada being seen as a reluctant ally by Washington, and, at worst, as a potential...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Theory/Practice of Security and Identity
- 3. Situating Canadian Geonarcotics: Canada, the United States, and the Performatives of Canadian Identity
- 4. Race and Illicit Drugs in Canada: From the Opium Den to New Drug Khatastrophes
- 5. A Genealogy of the Body of the Canadian Drug User, Part I: From Criminal Addiction to Medicalization
- 6. A Genealogy of the Body of the Canadian Drug User, Part II: From A National Drug Strategy to Medical Marijuana
- 7. The (Geo)Politics of Dancing: Illicit Drugs and Canadian Rave Culture
- 8. Conclusion
- Appendix: The Progression of Canadian Drug Law - Key Events
- Notes
- References
- Index