World Wide Weed
Global Trends in Cannabis Cultivation and its Control
Published on 11. February 2016
320 pages
978-1-134-78514-8 (ISBN)
Description
For the majority of its history, the cultivation of cannabis did not stand out, at least compared to the cultivation of other illegal plants. Cannabis plantations, like coca bush or opium poppy plantations, were typically large in size, grown by local farmers in a handful of developing (producing) countries, processed and then exported to industrial (consuming) nations. While cocaine and heroin are still produced in a handful of developing countries, cannabis cultivation is increasingly universal. From Europe to the Americas and Oceania, import substitution in cannabis markets has been noticed in almost every developed country around the world, with a notable aversion for discrimination. Geographical, technological, cultural and economic factors help to explain why (indoor and outdoor) domestic cultivation is well established, and why the nature and extent of cultivation varies so dramatically across the western, developed nations. As we start the second decade of the 21st century, the new cannabis industry continues to fascinate both casual and academic observers of the drug scene. Researchers around the world have become increasingly interested in the phenomenon, aiming to describe, and potentially explain, the rapid switch from importation to domestic production in their own countries. In bringing together some of the world's leading experts on cannabis cultivation this book contains sixteen chapters that take an interdisciplinary look at global trends in cannabis cultivation. It will serve as an exemplar for wider discussions of key theories and concepts relating to the spread not just of cannabis cultivation, but also of illegal markets more generally, the actors that operate within these markets and the policies and practices that are employed in response to developments within these markets.
Reviews / Votes
'World Wide Weed is a book for the specialist reader, more academic in tone than Weed Need & Greed, and a valuable resource with a wealth of information and sources for the serious researcher. However, the book is still accessible enough for the more general reader with an interest in the practices and policy issues involved in cannabis cultivation around the world.' Druglink '... the book's content is stimulating and prescient... Overall, this is a stimulating book but also one which highlights how far there is still to go before those behind the global cultivation of cannabis and its control are properly understood and fully brought to account.' Global Crime 'This highly ambitious book makes a valuable contribution to disentangling the issue of cannabis cultivation and consumption as worldwide phenomenon... this book provides much food for thought, and represents a strong initial step towards exploring and tackling an issue that is of such complexity. The book is valuable reading for individuals involved in examining cannabis cultivation and supply from social, economical and political perspectives.' Drug and Alcohol ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
4,58 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-78514-8 (9781134785148)
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Persons
Professor Tom Decorte is Director of the Institute for Social Drug Research, Ghent University, Belgium, Dr. Gary Potter is Senior Lecturer in Criminology, London South Bank University, UK and Professor Martin Bouchard is Assistant Professor in the School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, Canada.
Content
Contents: Preface, Peter Reuter; The globalization of cannabis cultivation, Gary R. Potter, Martin Bouchard and Tom Decorte; Part I Traditional Producer Nations: Peculiar and perplexed - the complexity of ganja cultivation in the English speaking Caribbean, Axel Klein; Cannabis cultivation practices in the Moroccan Rif, Kenza Afsahi. Part II Growing in the Developed World: Medical marijuana - exploring the concept in relation to small scale cannabis growers in Denmark, Helle Vibeke Dahl and Vibeke Asmussen Frank; With a little help from my friends - justifications of small scale cannabis growers, Pekka Hakkarainen and Jussi PerA?lA?; 'Stories', 'facts' and 'myths'. Perceptions of domestic cultivators on potency and quality of cannabis, Tom Decorte; Professionals or amateurs? Revisiting the notion of professional crime in the context of cannabis cultivation, Martin Bouchard and Holly Nguyen; Co-offending networks in cannabis cultivation, Aili Malm, Rebecca Nash and Samuel Vickovic; Cannabis cultivation in the United States, Ralph A. Weisheit; Cannabis cultivation in Spain - the case of cannabis social clubs, Xabier Arana and Virginia MontaA+/-es SA!nchez. Part III Responses to Growing in the Developed World: Marihuana behind and beyond coffee shops, Dirk J. Korf; Reforming laws applying to domestic cannabis production as a harm reduction strategy - a case study, Simon Lenton; A review of cannabis properties and experiments for its biological control, Margaret Kalacska, Pablo Arroyo-Mora, Eva Snirer and Rick Parent; The seizure rate of cannabis crop eradication operations in New Zealand, 1998-2009, Chris Wilkins and Paul Sweetsur; Keeping down the weeds: cannabis eradication in the developed world, Gary R. Potter; Emerging trends in cannabis cultivation - and the way forward, Martin Bouchard, Gary R. Potter and Tom Decorte; Index.
