SOC224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Counterculture Of The 1960S, Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas, Howard S. Becker

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1960s - teenagers getting older and getting a little bit radical due to political situation. 1960s counterculture against the media"s demonization of marijuana users in movies like reefer. Madness at the centre of the counter-culture is cannabis - increasing visibility then cannabis started to move into the mainstream, with cheech and chong today, not unusual to see cannabis in pop culture. 60% of americans support full legalization for recreational use- likely more than that. 56% think cannabis consumption is socially acceptable children increasingly report that they do not disapprove of adults who try cannabis. 2. 3 million people are medical users of cannabis. 1. 6% of americans over the age of twelve have disordered cannabis consumption*, four times less prevalent than disordered alcohol consumption, affecting 6. 4% of americans. 2015 trudeau elected, part of platform was legalization of recreational use april 2017 minister of justice introduced proposed cannabis act to house of commons - laid regulatory framework for legal cannabis.

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