World Wide Weed: Global Trends in Cannabis Cultivation and its ControlDr Gary Potter, Mr Martin Bouchard, Mr Tom Decorte 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. 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. |
Contents
1 The Globalization of Cannabis Cultivation | 1 |
TRADITIONAL PRODUCER NATIONS | 21 |
Peculiar and Perplexed The Complexity of Ganja Cultivation in the English speaking Caribbean | 23 |
Cannabis Cultivation Practices in the Moroccan Rif | 39 |
GROWING IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD | 55 |
Medical Marijuana Exploring the Concept in Relation to Small Scale Cannabis Growers in Denmark | 57 |
With a little Help from my Friends Justifications of SmallScale Cannabis Growers | 75 |
Stories Facts and Myths Perceptions of Domestic Cultivators on Potency and Quality of Cannabis | 91 |
Cannabis Cultivation in the United States | 145 |
Cannabis Cultivation in Spain The Case of Cannabis Social Clubs | 163 |
RESPONSES TO GROWING IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD | 179 |
Marihuana Behind and Beyond Coffeeshops | 181 |
Reforming Laws Applying to Domestic Cannabis Production as a Harm Reduction Strategy a Case Study | 197 |
A Review of Cannabis Properties and Experiments for its Biological Control | 215 |
The Seizure Rate of Cannabis Crop Eradication Operations in New Zealand 19982009 | 239 |
Keeping Down The Weeds Cannabis Eradication in the Developed World | 257 |
Professionals or Amateurs? Revisiting the Notion of Professional Crime in the Context of Cannabis Cultivation | 109 |
Cooffending Networks in Cannabis Cultivation | 127 |
Emerging Trends in Cannabis Cultivation and The Way Forward | 273 |
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World Wide Weed: Global Trends in Cannabis Cultivation and its Control Tom Decorte Limited preview - 2016 |