The ganja complex : Rastafari and marijuana / by Ansley Hamid.

Author/creator Hamid, Ansley
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2002.
Descriptionxliii, 211 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Youth--Drug use. --Trinidad and Tobago. --San Fernando.
Rastafari movement--Trinidad and Tobago. --San Fernando.
Bhang (Drug)
Cannabis.
Marijuana.
Drug traffic--Caribbean Area.
Drug traffic--United States.
San Fernando (Trinidad and Tobago)--Social conditions.

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-205) and index.
LCCN 2002004715
ISBN0739103601 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HV5824.Y68 H34 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold