High Points: An Historical Geography of Cannabis

Geographical Review

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 414-438

  Warf, Barney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Drugs; Hemp; Marijuana; Moral geographies

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 84908670019     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: 19310846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2014.12038.x     Document Type: Article

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