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A Look at Maine's Marijuana Market
Stefano Tijerina takes 'A Look at Maine's Marijuana Market' and the economic implications of the legalization of marijuana.
Stefano Tijerina
Aug 3, 20234 min read


Navigating Cannabis Use in Legal and Illegal Contexts Across Continents: An Interview
Cannabis use in Nigeria and worldwide is a complex and multifaceted issue. Referred to as igbo*, ganja, weed, marijuana, and several...
Ejura Yetunde Salihu
May 24, 20238 min read


Introducing ‘The Drug Page’: A New Online Resource and Digital Humanities Project
Editor’s Note: In this latest ‘Points’ blog, Isaac Campos introduces thedrugpage.org which features his new digital humanities project on...
Isaac Campos
Apr 18, 20236 min read


The Insubordination of Private Miller
Because I have started watching many Seth Rogan films but have finished none of them, it’s lucky for me that the one historical scene of...
Sarah Brady Siff
Oct 13, 20226 min read


Points Interview: Cannabis narratives in British India with Utathya Chattopadhyaya
Today’s post features an interview with Utathya Chattopadhyaya, an assistant professor at the University of California-Santa Barbara. He...
Points Editors
Oct 6, 20224 min read


Cannabis Consumption in India: A History
Editor’s Note: In her latest post for Points Kawal Deep Kour resurrects a past editorial feature: ‘Cannabis: Global Histories‘. She...
Kawal Deep Kour
Jun 28, 20226 min read
Video: Lucia Romero at Cannabis: Global Histories
Editor’s Note: You can see Lucia Romero discuss her work on grassroots mobilization for access to medical cannabis in Argentina below....
Points Editors
Aug 2, 20181 min read


Grassroots Activism in Argentina: The Story of Mamá Cultiva, CAMEDA, and Medical Marijuana
Editor’s Note: This is the last post in our series from the Cannabis: Global Histories conference, held at the University of Strathclyde...
Lucia Romero
Jul 31, 20185 min read
Video: Peter Hynd at Cannabis: Global Histories
Editor’s Note: Discussing the history he wrote about in Tuesday’s post, “From Calcutta in 1890 to Canada Today: Exercises in Cannabis...
Points Editors
Jul 26, 20181 min read


From Calcutta in 1890 to Canada Today: Exercises in Cannabis Legalization
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from Peter Hynd, a PhD candidate in history at McGill University in Quebec, based on the paper he...
Peter Hynd
Jul 24, 20184 min read


Forces of necessity: The role of lay knowledge and advocacy in the re-medicalization of cannabis
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from Dr. Suzanne Taylor, Research Fellow at the Centre for History in Public Health, London School of...
Suzanne Taylor
Jul 19, 20184 min read


Canada and Cannabis: A More Complicated History
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from Michael Couchman, a PhD candidate in history at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. It’s...
Michael Couchman
Jul 17, 20184 min read
Video: Thembisa Waetjen at Cannabis: Global Histories
Editor’s Note: We hope you enjoyed Thembisa Waetjen’s article that we published on Tuesday on how cannabis, or dagga in local parlance,...
Points Editors
Jul 12, 20181 min read


How cannabis became a “drug” in South Africa
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from Thembisa Waetjen, professor of history at the University of Johannesburg, and is derived from her...
Thembisa Waetjen
Jul 10, 20185 min read
Video: Chris Elcock at Cannabis: Global Histories
Editor’s Note: Today we bring you a video of Chris Elcock discussing his work on the early years of cannabis legalization activism at the...
Points Editors
Jul 5, 20181 min read


The Origins of Cannabis Legalization
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from Dr. Chris Elcock, an adjunct professor at the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 in Lyon, France. His...
Chris Elcock
Jul 3, 20184 min read
Video: Sarah Brady Siff at Cannabis: Global Histories
Editor’s Note: Want more history about cannabis eradication in the United States? Good news – Sarah Brady Siff was interviewed during the...
Points Editors
Jun 28, 20181 min read


“Babylon Come and Light It Up on Fire”
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from Dr. Sarah Brady Siff, a visiting assistant professor of journalism at Miami University in Ohio....
Sarah Brady Siff
Jun 26, 20184 min read
Video: Matthew DeCloedt at Cannabis: Global Histories
Editor’s Note: Did you hear? Yesterday, Canada’s Senate passed legislation legalizing recreational marijuana use for adults. Legalization...
Points Editors
Jun 21, 20181 min read


Human Rights Claims and Medical Cannabis in Canada: A View from the Courts
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from Matthew DeCloedt, a law student at Central European University and a participant in the Cannabis:...
Matthew DeCloedt
Jun 19, 20184 min read
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