In The Real Dope, Edgar-Andre Montigny brings together leading scholars from a diverse range of fields to examine the relationship between moral judgment and legal regulation in the debate surrounding the potential decriminalization of marijuana.

Preface Introduction Setting Public Policy on Drugs: A Choice of Social Values by Line Beauchesne (University of Ottawa)Unmaking Manly Smokes: Church, State, Governance and the First Anti-Smoking Campaign in Montreal, 1892-1914 by Jarrett Rudy (McGill University)From Flapper to Sophisticate: Canadian Women University Students as Smokers, 1920-1960 by Sharon Anne Cook (University of Ottawa)"Their Medley of Tongues and Eternal Jangle": Liquor Control & Ethnicity in Ontario, 1927-44 by Dan Malleck (Brock University)Becoming a "Hype": Drug Law, Subculture Formation and Resistance in Canada, 1945-61 by Catherine Carstairs (University of Guelph)"Just Say Know": Criminalizing LSD and the Politics of Psychedelic Expertise, 1961-68 by Erika Dyck (University of Saskatchewan)Setting Boundaries: LSD Use and Glue-Sniffing in Ontario in the Sixties by Marcel Martel (York University)From Beverage to Drug: Alcohol and Other Drugs in 1960s and 1970s Canada by Greg Marquis (University of New Brunswick, Saint John)Considering the Revolving Door: The Inevitability of Addiction Treatment in the Criminal Justice System by Dawn Moore (Carleton University)Biopolitics, Geopolitics and the Regulation of (Club) Drugs in Canada by Kyle Grayson (York University)Afterword: A Personal Reflection on the Law and Illicit Drug Use by Alan Young (Osgoode Hall Law School) Contributors