Umber Rashid For generations, marijuana has been tied to elements of our counterculture since the 1960s. Draped in the imagery of rebellion, antiwar protests, and the scenes of different genres of music, this historical narrative turned cannabis into a symbol of personal freedom tied with cultural dissent. This, however, gives a limited picture of how marijuana functions in modern U.S. history, as it misses a … Continue reading A Plant, A Pretext, A Prison System: Marijuana, the Carceral State, and the Racial Politics of Control