WHAT IS AMERICA SMOKING?

摘要

After finishing the first essay in Eric Schlosser's Reefer Madness, one wonders: If Philip Morris or Seagram or another major U.S. company owned a patent on premium, smok-able pot―a drug Schlosser argues is less addictive than nicotine, caffeine, or booze―would it still be illegal? More important, would judges continue to punish marijuana offenders by handing them life sentences without parole―as has happened in Alabama and Indiana―while letting cold-blooded killers get off with an average of less than 12 years?