Five jurisdictions in the United States have changed their laws to legalize small amounts of marijuana. Marijuana 360 looks at all parties involved in the decriminalization of this drug throughout the United States and creates a better understanding of how more than the individuals using marijuana are affected.

Nancy E. Marion, PhD, is a professor at the University of Akron. She is the author and co-author of several books, including Homeland Security: Policy and Politics (2015), Ohio's Criminal Justice System (2015), Introduction to Homeland Security (2014), A Primer in the Politics of Criminal Justice (2007), and A History of Federal Crime Control Initiatives (1994). She has also published numerous articles in various professional journals on how politics and criminal justice are related.
Joshua B. Hill, PhD, is an assistant professor of Criminal Justice at The University of Southern Mississippi and a Fellow at the Office of Global Perspectives and Metropolitan Center at the University of Central Florida. Hill previously worked for the Institute for the Study of Violent Groups as a lead analyst. In addition to his current faculty role at the University of Southern Mississippi, he serves as the Master's Coordinator for the School of Criminal Justice. He is the co-author of Introduction to Cybercrime: Computer Crimes, Laws, and Policing in the 21st Century (2016) and Ohio's Criminal Justice System (2015) with Nancy Marion, as well as numerous journal articles and book chapters.

1 Public Support for Legalization
2 History and Current Laws
3 The People and the Politics of Marijuana
4 The Myths and Realities of Marijuana
5 A Medical Perspective
6 A Legal Perspective
7 A Professional and Political Perspective
8 The Debate on Legalization
9 Contested Knowledge
10 Contested Language
11 Contested Politics
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