Book description
āHallelujah and glory be to Smoke Signals, Martin Leeās bodacious new bookā¦Lee chronicles everything and everyone worth chronicling in the annals of marijuanaā (High Times).
This is the great American pot story, a dramatic social exploration of a plant that sits at the nexus of political, legal, medical, and scientificā¦
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Published in 2012, before cannabis liberation had truly begun to take hold, this is a lively look at the illicit cannabis market as itās morphing into a legitimate industry. Irreverent and richly written, this book tells it like it is, tracing the racist roots of marijuana prohibition to its popularity among Mexican immigrants and jazz musicians and teasing out the vast implications of the US governmentās attempts to eradicate it. Everyone needs to know this history, whether they enjoy cannabis or not.
From Robyn's list on for people who are curious about cannabis.
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