Bridge 3: Envisioning Complexity

My research topic is the federal legalization of cannabis in the United States. This essay will explore where the issue of federal legalization stands now in the 21st century and how right-wing lobbying, community design, and the allocation of certain demographic groups within the development of urban and suburban settings have associations to cannabis in terms of defining social practices and government regulations in present day America. I want to synthesize an argument that incorporates art and music supporting legalization (for example, dancehall music of the 60s developing into modern day Reggae and hip-hop) to corroborate the ethos/pathos of the aforementioned movement pertaining to a liberation front.

Primary sources:

“Graph: Annual Marijuana Arrests in the U.S.” In Gateway Drugs, edited by Noël Merino. Opposing Viewpoints. Detroit, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2008. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints (accessed March 1, 2020). https://link-gale-com.libproxy.newschool.edu/apps/doc/EJ2210093575/OVIC?u=nysl_me_newsch&sid=OVIC&xid=587995d5.
“The Status of Marijuana Laws in Individual States.” Tribune Content Agency Graphics, 2018. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link-gale-com.libproxy.newschool.edu/apps/doc/UILARJ038305550/OVIC?u=nysl_me_newsch&sid=OVIC&xid=4d52bcf2. Accessed 1 Mar. 2020.

Secondary sources:

“Marijuana.” In Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2019. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints (accessed March 1, 2020). https://link-gale-com.libproxy.newschool.edu/apps/doc/PC3010999259/OVIC?u=nysl_me_newsch&sid=OVIC&xid=202e75b9.
“Cannabis Resources.” Journal of Environmental Health, vol. 81, no. 3, 2018, p. 60. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link-gale-com.libproxy.newschool.edu/apps/doc/A556838585/OVIC?u=nysl_me_newsch&sid=OVIC&xid=565db29c. Accessed 1 Mar. 2020.
https://www.csdp.org/publicservice/anslinger.htm
https://www.google.com/search?q=marijuana+propaganda&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS781US781&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjllMr4q_rnAhVcmHIEHb4dB08Q_AUoAnoECAwQBA&biw=1680&bih=849#imgrc=E1vFmeWEmHaqMM
I might want to shift my research topic to looking into propaganda (could be of cannabis, but I am thinking of the Communist Party, USSR, etc) and the art form’s special design elements that incite the intended thought processes and actions within the audience.

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