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Welcome to the Cannabis
Literary Showcase
The Cannabis Literary Showcase
March 22-24, 2024, CannExpo Toronto
The Cannabis Literary Showcase is inspired by the enduring legacy of printed publications in the cannabis movement!
Thanks to the support of CannExpo and the cannabis literary community, I've cultivated a library dedicated to elevating cannabis literature and amplifying the voices of remarkable writers shaping the industry in 2024!
The Cannabis Literary Showcase will be featured in the Media and Influencer booth, highlighting independent books, magazines, and even comics that continue the enduring tradition of print, championing and uplifting the cannabis community.
All Cannabis Literary Showcase Publications are listed below! Click the book for the links to order directly from the authors. Support cannabis writers!
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Health & Wellness
Cannabis for Seniors
Beverly A Potter PhD
CANNABIS FOR SENIORS is for seniors who are curious about cannabis and how they might use it to better their lives.
CANNABIS FOR SENIORS reviews research regarding the health effects of cannabis and the effectiveness of various strains for managing specific health conditions and improving quality of life.
Beverly A Potter PhD
CANNABIS FOR SENIORS is for seniors who are curious about cannabis and how they might use it to better their lives.
CANNABIS FOR SENIORS reviews research regarding the health effects of cannabis and the effectiveness of various strains for managing specific health conditions and improving quality of life.
Joy of Cannabis
Melanie Abrams & Larry Smith
@the.joy.of.cannabis
With the stigma of the “slacker stoner” finally gone, the world is rapidly waking up to the power of flower. From improving sleep and decreasing anxiety to promoting focus and making the ordinary extraordinary, cannabis’ time is now. Welcome to the golden age of cannabis.
Melanie Abrams & Larry Smith
@the.joy.of.cannabis
With the stigma of the “slacker stoner” finally gone, the world is rapidly waking up to the power of flower. From improving sleep and decreasing anxiety to promoting focus and making the ordinary extraordinary, cannabis’ time is now. Welcome to the golden age of cannabis.
Seeing Through the Smoke
Peter Grinspoon, MD
@peter_grinspoon
Depending on which doctor you speak with, or which websites you read, cannabis could be an appealing, low-risk medicine – even an aid to wellness – or an insidiously addictive drug rotting the brains of our youth. This dissonance confuses young people, distressed patients, and paralyzes politicians, all while inviting dubious sources of information and resulting in uninformed choices, enhanced polarization, and a fragmented national policy.
Peter Grinspoon, MD
@peter_grinspoon
Depending on which doctor you speak with, or which websites you read, cannabis could be an appealing, low-risk medicine – even an aid to wellness – or an insidiously addictive drug rotting the brains of our youth. This dissonance confuses young people, distressed patients, and paralyzes politicians, all while inviting dubious sources of information and resulting in uninformed choices, enhanced polarization, and a fragmented national policy.
Weed Witch
Sophie Saint Thomas
@thebowiecat
Cannabis and magic are woven together throughout history, and there has never been a better time to embrace your inner weed witch. In this comprehensive guide and spellbook, practicing witch and cannabis writer Sophie Saint Thomas explores the beautiful relationship between the two, offering everything you need to use marijuana in all its forms to awaken your inner magic, enhance your practice, care for your body and soul, and reach your highest self.
Weed Witch explores the foundations of witchcraft and a complete cannabis rundown so everyone from beginners to experts on both subjects can blend them safely for optimal harmony. In these pages, you'll learn to use weed to magnify and augment your relationship with astrology, tarot, crystals, moon magic, and much more. The book also contains an exhaustive compendium of stoned spells for love and sex, money and work, protection and healing, and of course, fun.
Sophie Saint Thomas
@thebowiecat
Cannabis and magic are woven together throughout history, and there has never been a better time to embrace your inner weed witch. In this comprehensive guide and spellbook, practicing witch and cannabis writer Sophie Saint Thomas explores the beautiful relationship between the two, offering everything you need to use marijuana in all its forms to awaken your inner magic, enhance your practice, care for your body and soul, and reach your highest self.
Weed Witch explores the foundations of witchcraft and a complete cannabis rundown so everyone from beginners to experts on both subjects can blend them safely for optimal harmony. In these pages, you'll learn to use weed to magnify and augment your relationship with astrology, tarot, crystals, moon magic, and much more. The book also contains an exhaustive compendium of stoned spells for love and sex, money and work, protection and healing, and of course, fun.
The Little Book of Cannabis
Amanda Siebert
@amanda_siebert
In this fun, illuminating book, cannabis journalist Amanda Siebert delves deep into the latest research to separate marijuana fact from fiction, revealing ten evidence-based ways this potent little plant can improve your life. She speaks with some of the world’s top researchers, medical professionals, and consultants to answer questions such as: Can cannabis help you get a full night’s sleep? Does it aid in exercise and weight loss? Can it really cure cancer? She also offers practical advice for maximizing its benefits—including easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for how to enjoy everything from joints to edibles, CBD oil to oral sprays—as well as examples of real people who have used cannabis to enhance their lives. This powerful plant, it turns out, could be life-changing: it can enrich any diet, slow down aging, and even spice things up in the bedroom.
Amanda Siebert
@amanda_siebert
In this fun, illuminating book, cannabis journalist Amanda Siebert delves deep into the latest research to separate marijuana fact from fiction, revealing ten evidence-based ways this potent little plant can improve your life. She speaks with some of the world’s top researchers, medical professionals, and consultants to answer questions such as: Can cannabis help you get a full night’s sleep? Does it aid in exercise and weight loss? Can it really cure cancer? She also offers practical advice for maximizing its benefits—including easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for how to enjoy everything from joints to edibles, CBD oil to oral sprays—as well as examples of real people who have used cannabis to enhance their lives. This powerful plant, it turns out, could be life-changing: it can enrich any diet, slow down aging, and even spice things up in the bedroom.
Cannabis In Your Kitchen
Topicals, Edibles, and Tinctures
Amanda Breeze
@emerald.temple.living
With a simple batch of cannabis oil and some reliable instructions you can craft soothing body care topicals, versatile tinctures, and edibles, safely and easily in your kitchen!
Topicals, Edibles, and Tinctures
Amanda Breeze
@emerald.temple.living
With a simple batch of cannabis oil and some reliable instructions you can craft soothing body care topicals, versatile tinctures, and edibles, safely and easily in your kitchen!
Activism
Buzz Kill: The Corporatization of Cannabis
Michael Devillaer
Cronyism, greed, and corruption trumped social justice and public health in Canada's legalization of cannabis. How did we get here? Where are we going? More humane drug policy?which prioritizes public health over corporate profits?is possible. Canada legalized the sale of recreational cannabis in 2018. Buzz Kill recounts the political and corporate collusion in creating an industry out of thin air that supplanted an illicit century-old industry. Drawing on lessons from alcohol and tobacco regulation in Canada and the United States, this book shows that, rather than basing policy choices on evidence, Canada's political elites created a new regulated industry that would line their own pockets.
Michael Devillaer
Cronyism, greed, and corruption trumped social justice and public health in Canada's legalization of cannabis. How did we get here? Where are we going? More humane drug policy?which prioritizes public health over corporate profits?is possible. Canada legalized the sale of recreational cannabis in 2018. Buzz Kill recounts the political and corporate collusion in creating an industry out of thin air that supplanted an illicit century-old industry. Drawing on lessons from alcohol and tobacco regulation in Canada and the United States, this book shows that, rather than basing policy choices on evidence, Canada's political elites created a new regulated industry that would line their own pockets.
The Ethical Consumers Handbook
Mskindness B. Ramirez, MA.Ed
@mskindnessb
Started in 2023 by award-winning educator, Mskindness B. Ramirez @mskindnessb, The Ethical Consumer’s Green Book is a guide published to help patients and enthusiasts navigate cannabis markets in various states. The new Zine will also prove to be a valuable resource for both new and existing canna-businesses who wish to expand their B2B reach.
Mskindness B. Ramirez, MA.Ed
@mskindnessb
Started in 2023 by award-winning educator, Mskindness B. Ramirez @mskindnessb, The Ethical Consumer’s Green Book is a guide published to help patients and enthusiasts navigate cannabis markets in various states. The new Zine will also prove to be a valuable resource for both new and existing canna-businesses who wish to expand their B2B reach.
Waiting to Inhale: Cannabis Legalization and the Fight for Racial Justice
Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Tahira Rehmatullah
The roots of a racial reckoning through the lens of cannabis.
From the start, the War on Drugs targeted Black, Brown, and Indigenous Americans already disadvantaged by a system stacked against them. Even now, as white Americans who largely escaped the fire capitalize on the legalization movement and a booming cannabis industry, their less fortunate peers continue to suffer the consequences of the systemic racism in policing and failed drug policy that fueled the original crisis. In Waiting to Inhale, Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Tahira Rehmatullah issue a powerful call for a racial reckoning and provide a roadmap to redress this deep and abiding injustice.
Waiting to Inhale illuminates the stories of those on the front lines of the War on Drugs—the individuals and communities disproportionately harmed, sometimes seemingly beyond repair; the official and social forces ranged against them; and the victims, legal and political activists, and cannabis entrepreneurs who are fighting back. As attitudes toward cannabis are shifting, now is the opportune time, Owusu-Bempah and Rehmatullah submit, to expunge cannabis convictions and make a place in the burgeoning legal cannabis market for Black and other underrepresented groups who have borne the brunt of harsh cannabis laws.
A powerful indictment of one of the worst social and political failures in the nation's history, Waiting to Inhale offers an equally powerful vision of the possibility of redemption. Communities can be rebuilt, and racist policies must be overturned in order to give way to a new era of justice.
Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Tahira Rehmatullah
The roots of a racial reckoning through the lens of cannabis.
From the start, the War on Drugs targeted Black, Brown, and Indigenous Americans already disadvantaged by a system stacked against them. Even now, as white Americans who largely escaped the fire capitalize on the legalization movement and a booming cannabis industry, their less fortunate peers continue to suffer the consequences of the systemic racism in policing and failed drug policy that fueled the original crisis. In Waiting to Inhale, Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Tahira Rehmatullah issue a powerful call for a racial reckoning and provide a roadmap to redress this deep and abiding injustice.
Waiting to Inhale illuminates the stories of those on the front lines of the War on Drugs—the individuals and communities disproportionately harmed, sometimes seemingly beyond repair; the official and social forces ranged against them; and the victims, legal and political activists, and cannabis entrepreneurs who are fighting back. As attitudes toward cannabis are shifting, now is the opportune time, Owusu-Bempah and Rehmatullah submit, to expunge cannabis convictions and make a place in the burgeoning legal cannabis market for Black and other underrepresented groups who have borne the brunt of harsh cannabis laws.
A powerful indictment of one of the worst social and political failures in the nation's history, Waiting to Inhale offers an equally powerful vision of the possibility of redemption. Communities can be rebuilt, and racist policies must be overturned in order to give way to a new era of justice.
Jury Independence Illustrated
Ricardo Cortés
@rmcortes
Free!
https://rmcortes.com/fffree/
Ricardo Cortés
@rmcortes
Free!
https://rmcortes.com/fffree/
Weed: Cannabis Culture in the Americas
Caitlin Donohue
@byrdwatch
Humans have used cannabis for thousands of years, since Neolithic peoples sought out its medicinal benefits.
But for the past century, its use has been largely criminalized. Stigma around cannabis has made it difficult for people of all ages to get straightforward answers about how to minimize health risks related to cannabis consumption or to understand how the plant has shaped and continues to shape society today.
In Weed: Cannabis Culture in the Americas, culture writer Caitlin Donohue crafts a comprehensive and thought-provoking review of cannabis in the Western Hemisphere. Donohue’s investigation spans from Vancouver, Canada, to Buenos Aires, Argentina, interviewing medical researchers, educators, activists, artists, business leaders, and other experts to explore the long relationship between cannabis and the human race, its almost universal prohibition in the twentieth century, and modern efforts to legalize the much-maligned plant in all its forms.
Caitlin Donohue
@byrdwatch
Humans have used cannabis for thousands of years, since Neolithic peoples sought out its medicinal benefits.
But for the past century, its use has been largely criminalized. Stigma around cannabis has made it difficult for people of all ages to get straightforward answers about how to minimize health risks related to cannabis consumption or to understand how the plant has shaped and continues to shape society today.
In Weed: Cannabis Culture in the Americas, culture writer Caitlin Donohue crafts a comprehensive and thought-provoking review of cannabis in the Western Hemisphere. Donohue’s investigation spans from Vancouver, Canada, to Buenos Aires, Argentina, interviewing medical researchers, educators, activists, artists, business leaders, and other experts to explore the long relationship between cannabis and the human race, its almost universal prohibition in the twentieth century, and modern efforts to legalize the much-maligned plant in all its forms.
Education
The Big Book of Terps
Russ Hudson
@russ.hudson
Understanding Terpenes and Synergy in Cannabis
by Russ Hudson
edited by Jacqueline Graddon, MBA
The Big Book of Terps is the world’s largest resource on terpenes and flavonoids in cannabis, with more than 420 pages, over 1,350 citations, 150,000+ words, 51 Quizzes and Answer Key, 1 Final Exam and Answer Key, and 60+ custom graphs, gifs (available online), charts, and other images. This significant work includes information not previously known to the cannabis industry, as well as several discoveries not previously reported in scientific literature. Written by cannabis researcher and consultant Russ Hudson, with images by Gloria Fuentes, PhD (Molecular Biology), The Big Book of Terps required more than 4 years of intensive research to compile and dissect and features commentary by top cannabinoid and terpene researchers including Raphael Mechoulam, Ethan Russo, Susan Trapp, and Mitch Earleywine, as well as contributions by Ed Rosenthal, and Professor Rob Mejia.
The Big Book of Terps includes detailed information about the top 43 terpenes found in cannabis, with a primary focus on evidence for synergy between these compounds and cannabinoids, which are a class of terpenes called diterpenes.
Russ Hudson
@russ.hudson
Understanding Terpenes and Synergy in Cannabis
by Russ Hudson
edited by Jacqueline Graddon, MBA
The Big Book of Terps is the world’s largest resource on terpenes and flavonoids in cannabis, with more than 420 pages, over 1,350 citations, 150,000+ words, 51 Quizzes and Answer Key, 1 Final Exam and Answer Key, and 60+ custom graphs, gifs (available online), charts, and other images. This significant work includes information not previously known to the cannabis industry, as well as several discoveries not previously reported in scientific literature. Written by cannabis researcher and consultant Russ Hudson, with images by Gloria Fuentes, PhD (Molecular Biology), The Big Book of Terps required more than 4 years of intensive research to compile and dissect and features commentary by top cannabinoid and terpene researchers including Raphael Mechoulam, Ethan Russo, Susan Trapp, and Mitch Earleywine, as well as contributions by Ed Rosenthal, and Professor Rob Mejia.
The Big Book of Terps includes detailed information about the top 43 terpenes found in cannabis, with a primary focus on evidence for synergy between these compounds and cannabinoids, which are a class of terpenes called diterpenes.
Cannabis Growers Handbook
Ed Rosenthal
@edrosenthal420
Ed Rosenthal's Cannabis Grower's Handbook is the definitive guide for all cultivators-from first-time home growers to experienced large-scale commercial cannabis operators. The Grower's Handbook breaks down the fundamentals of marijuana cultivation and demonstrates their practical applications in gardens of any size. Learn new techniques to maximize yield and efficiency and to grow bigger, more potent resinous buds! Cannabis Grower's Handbook covers the newest lighting technologies such as LED and adjustable spectrum bulbs; permaculture and regenerative farming techniques; advanced drying and curing methods and strategies; comprehensive integrated pest management; and over a dozen specialized garden setups. Still deciding what to grow? This guide will help you choose among the many options from innovative breeders, which now include autoflowering plants and CBD and CBG varieties of hemp. With over 600 pages of full-color photos, this grower's guide presents the latest science, tools, and methods to enable you to grow a cannabis garden of any size, anywhere-indoors or out.
Ed Rosenthal
@edrosenthal420
Ed Rosenthal's Cannabis Grower's Handbook is the definitive guide for all cultivators-from first-time home growers to experienced large-scale commercial cannabis operators. The Grower's Handbook breaks down the fundamentals of marijuana cultivation and demonstrates their practical applications in gardens of any size. Learn new techniques to maximize yield and efficiency and to grow bigger, more potent resinous buds! Cannabis Grower's Handbook covers the newest lighting technologies such as LED and adjustable spectrum bulbs; permaculture and regenerative farming techniques; advanced drying and curing methods and strategies; comprehensive integrated pest management; and over a dozen specialized garden setups. Still deciding what to grow? This guide will help you choose among the many options from innovative breeders, which now include autoflowering plants and CBD and CBG varieties of hemp. With over 600 pages of full-color photos, this grower's guide presents the latest science, tools, and methods to enable you to grow a cannabis garden of any size, anywhere-indoors or out.
Beyond Buds
Ed Rosenthal & Greg Zeman
@edrosenthal420
@thegregzeman
Beyond Buds Next Generation: Marijuana Extracts and Cannabis Infusions is Coming Soon! Are you interested in exploring the world of marijuana beyond the bud? In Beyond Buds, Next Generation, Guru of Ganja Ed Rosenthal, author of the much-loved Marijuana Growers Handbook & Greg Zeman, Assistant Editor at Cannabis Now will walk you step-by-step through the most cutting-edge methods of cannabis consumption. If you want to stay up to date with the latest innovation and developments in the cannabis industry, this book is for you.
Ed Rosenthal & Greg Zeman
@edrosenthal420
@thegregzeman
Beyond Buds Next Generation: Marijuana Extracts and Cannabis Infusions is Coming Soon! Are you interested in exploring the world of marijuana beyond the bud? In Beyond Buds, Next Generation, Guru of Ganja Ed Rosenthal, author of the much-loved Marijuana Growers Handbook & Greg Zeman, Assistant Editor at Cannabis Now will walk you step-by-step through the most cutting-edge methods of cannabis consumption. If you want to stay up to date with the latest innovation and developments in the cannabis industry, this book is for you.
Weed
Ellen Holland
@hollandbuds
In this loving homage to the beautiful bud, author Ellen Holland takes you on a journey into the heart of how cannabis is farmed, consumed, and appreciated today.
Since cannabis has become available as a product in many parts of America, there have been significant advances in our understanding and appreciation of the botanical. Weed is a beautifully illustrated volume that steps in to help you with the buying and tasting tips you need to find the perfect puff.
Join Holland as she and other industry experts discuss the many tastes and smells of cannabis, from a fruity tropical tang to a rich, earthy flavor, and how you can use cannabis in unexpected ways, including in food, floral displays, cocktails, as a wellness practice, and much more. Along the way, you’ll meet some of the farmers and producers blazing a trail in today’s booming cannabis marketplace and delve into the science behind the high.
Ellen Holland
@hollandbuds
In this loving homage to the beautiful bud, author Ellen Holland takes you on a journey into the heart of how cannabis is farmed, consumed, and appreciated today.
Since cannabis has become available as a product in many parts of America, there have been significant advances in our understanding and appreciation of the botanical. Weed is a beautifully illustrated volume that steps in to help you with the buying and tasting tips you need to find the perfect puff.
Join Holland as she and other industry experts discuss the many tastes and smells of cannabis, from a fruity tropical tang to a rich, earthy flavor, and how you can use cannabis in unexpected ways, including in food, floral displays, cocktails, as a wellness practice, and much more. Along the way, you’ll meet some of the farmers and producers blazing a trail in today’s booming cannabis marketplace and delve into the science behind the high.
The Budtender's Guide to The Galaxy Dylan Bruck
@budtendersguidetothegalaxy
As a beginner's guide to cannabis, a product catalog of cannabis, and a journal of experiences with cannabis, The Budtender's Guide to the Galaxy has something for every stoner. Whether you're canna-curious and interested in getting a course in "Cannabis 101" under your belt, or an avid consumer looking for the details on cannabis flower in Canada, this book should satisfy your curiosity. Complete with 420 cannabis reviews of distinct flower products, an introduction to cannabis, and even a Budtender's Dictionary, this is the ultimate guide to Canadian recreational cannabis.
@budtendersguidetothegalaxy
As a beginner's guide to cannabis, a product catalog of cannabis, and a journal of experiences with cannabis, The Budtender's Guide to the Galaxy has something for every stoner. Whether you're canna-curious and interested in getting a course in "Cannabis 101" under your belt, or an avid consumer looking for the details on cannabis flower in Canada, this book should satisfy your curiosity. Complete with 420 cannabis reviews of distinct flower products, an introduction to cannabis, and even a Budtender's Dictionary, this is the ultimate guide to Canadian recreational cannabis.
Exploring Cannabis Botany Zine Amanda Breeze
@emerald.temple.living
An intro to cannabis botany and plant taxonomy.
@emerald.temple.living
An intro to cannabis botany and plant taxonomy.
Culture
Cannabis In Canada an Illustrated History
Dana Larsen
@danalarsen420
The complete history of Cannabis in Canada, from the first crop in 1606 to the modern day legalization movement. Lavishly illustrated in black and white. The incredible untold story of four centuries of Canada's cannabis culture. A must read for anyone who cares about cannabis in Canada. Packed with information. Fully referenced. From the first hemp crops planted by French colonists, through Canadian doctors using cannabis for fun during the 1800s, to the dawn of prohibition and the anti-cannabis propaganda campaigns of the 1930s, and finally the rise of the cannabis culture with the Beats, the Hippies and then the modern mainstream.
Dana Larsen
@danalarsen420
The complete history of Cannabis in Canada, from the first crop in 1606 to the modern day legalization movement. Lavishly illustrated in black and white. The incredible untold story of four centuries of Canada's cannabis culture. A must read for anyone who cares about cannabis in Canada. Packed with information. Fully referenced. From the first hemp crops planted by French colonists, through Canadian doctors using cannabis for fun during the 1800s, to the dawn of prohibition and the anti-cannabis propaganda campaigns of the 1930s, and finally the rise of the cannabis culture with the Beats, the Hippies and then the modern mainstream.
It's Just A Plant: A Children's Story about Marijuana
Ricardo Cortés
@itsjustaplant
It’s Just a Plant is an illustrated children’s book about marijuana. It follows the journey of a young girl who learns about the plant from a cast of people including her parents, a farmer, a doctor, and a police officer.
Marijuana can be hard to talk about. Many parents have tried it, millions still use it, and some feel awkward about disclosing their history (many duck the question), for fear that it might encourage kids to experiment too. Meanwhile, the “drug facts” children learn in school can be more frightening than educational, blaming pot for everything from teenage pregnancy to terrorism. A child’s first awareness of drugs should come from a better source.
It’s Just a Plant is for parents who want to discuss the complexities of pot in a thoughtful and factual manner.
Ricardo Cortés
@itsjustaplant
It’s Just a Plant is an illustrated children’s book about marijuana. It follows the journey of a young girl who learns about the plant from a cast of people including her parents, a farmer, a doctor, and a police officer.
Marijuana can be hard to talk about. Many parents have tried it, millions still use it, and some feel awkward about disclosing their history (many duck the question), for fear that it might encourage kids to experiment too. Meanwhile, the “drug facts” children learn in school can be more frightening than educational, blaming pot for everything from teenage pregnancy to terrorism. A child’s first awareness of drugs should come from a better source.
It’s Just a Plant is for parents who want to discuss the complexities of pot in a thoughtful and factual manner.
How We Roll
Noah Rubin
@realnoahrubin
From rolling techniques to ast-roll-ology, interviews to do's and don'ts, quizzes to charts, this lively illustrated guide to all things joints has something for potheads and casual cannabis smokers alike.From the classic joint to The Scorpion, The Braid, The Holy Cross and beyond, How We Roll brings you the best and most important rolling techniques for your favorite herbal concoction, along with interviews, quizzes, charts, and eye-catching original art throughout.Exploring the many unique approaches to rolling through clever illustrations and clear instructions, How We Roll offers something new for every kind of smoker.Featuring insightful interviews with notable cannabis lovers like Wiz Khalifa, Dawn Richard, and Tommy Chong, explorations of rolling culture around the world, and tips and tricks for rolling an exceptional j, How We Roll is the perfect book for any weed connoisseur.
Noah Rubin
@realnoahrubin
From rolling techniques to ast-roll-ology, interviews to do's and don'ts, quizzes to charts, this lively illustrated guide to all things joints has something for potheads and casual cannabis smokers alike.From the classic joint to The Scorpion, The Braid, The Holy Cross and beyond, How We Roll brings you the best and most important rolling techniques for your favorite herbal concoction, along with interviews, quizzes, charts, and eye-catching original art throughout.Exploring the many unique approaches to rolling through clever illustrations and clear instructions, How We Roll offers something new for every kind of smoker.Featuring insightful interviews with notable cannabis lovers like Wiz Khalifa, Dawn Richard, and Tommy Chong, explorations of rolling culture around the world, and tips and tricks for rolling an exceptional j, How We Roll is the perfect book for any weed connoisseur.
Higher: The Lore, Legends, and Legacy of Cannabis
Dan Michaels
@sinsemedia
Photographs by
Erik Christiansen
A mind-blowing visual journey through the legends, legacy, and lore of marijuana, including fun facts, engrossing stories, and 100 mouthwatering portraits of the most popular strains out there.
Higher breaks through the cloud of confusion around marijuana with a clear, concise, and comprehensive breakdown of bud. The culmination of significant research and conversation within the cannabis community, Higher offers portraits of the 100 most popular strains of yesterday and today, including intel on lineage, taste, THC content, and common effects, as well as stories about the misfits, visionaries, hijinks, and happenings that make cannabis so entertaining.
Dan Michaels
@sinsemedia
Photographs by
Erik Christiansen
A mind-blowing visual journey through the legends, legacy, and lore of marijuana, including fun facts, engrossing stories, and 100 mouthwatering portraits of the most popular strains out there.
Higher breaks through the cloud of confusion around marijuana with a clear, concise, and comprehensive breakdown of bud. The culmination of significant research and conversation within the cannabis community, Higher offers portraits of the 100 most popular strains of yesterday and today, including intel on lineage, taste, THC content, and common effects, as well as stories about the misfits, visionaries, hijinks, and happenings that make cannabis so entertaining.
Heads Together: Weed and the Underground Press Syndicate 1965-1973
@headstogetherbook
The youth uprising, now simply called “The Sixties,” was fed by one of the greatest booms in publishing history. The Underground Press Syndicate (UPS) began as a loose confederation of five papers in 1966, and within a few years swelled to over 500 across the world, reaching millions of readers. They “spread like weed,” said the UPS director, weed-dealer, and eventual founder of High Times, Tom Forcade. The metaphor was apt: the UPS spurred the legalization movement, and weed became its totem.
Weed was so pervasive it became a helpful means for government agencies to crack down on the UPS. Weed came to emblematize activist groups, and added a touch of flair to the mastheads of UPS titles. Weed permeated UPS pages, with gaps in text crammed with weed-inspired “spot illustratios”.
Heads Together collects these drawings, shining a light on lesser-known names in the stoner-art canon, and many who weren’t names at all, as no signature was attached. It also compiles guides for growing weed from the period that were treated like contraband by the CIA. Activist-oriented, psychedelic rolling papers are showcased too.
As pot now fast-tracks toward legalization in the U.S. and beyond, its once incendiary status is brought into odd relief. Pot’s profiteers of the corporate market today do not reflect those who fought for legalization, or the Black and Latino populations strategically criminalized for pot well before hippies were targeted, and long after.
The art in this book speaks to a time when pot was smoked with optimism, as something potentially good for society and people, capable of activating profound transformation in the face of corrupt and powerful forces.
With Oral Histories by: Ishmael Reed, John Sinclair, Marjorie Heins, Mariann Wizard-Vasquez, Abe Peck
@headstogetherbook
The youth uprising, now simply called “The Sixties,” was fed by one of the greatest booms in publishing history. The Underground Press Syndicate (UPS) began as a loose confederation of five papers in 1966, and within a few years swelled to over 500 across the world, reaching millions of readers. They “spread like weed,” said the UPS director, weed-dealer, and eventual founder of High Times, Tom Forcade. The metaphor was apt: the UPS spurred the legalization movement, and weed became its totem.
Weed was so pervasive it became a helpful means for government agencies to crack down on the UPS. Weed came to emblematize activist groups, and added a touch of flair to the mastheads of UPS titles. Weed permeated UPS pages, with gaps in text crammed with weed-inspired “spot illustratios”.
Heads Together collects these drawings, shining a light on lesser-known names in the stoner-art canon, and many who weren’t names at all, as no signature was attached. It also compiles guides for growing weed from the period that were treated like contraband by the CIA. Activist-oriented, psychedelic rolling papers are showcased too.
As pot now fast-tracks toward legalization in the U.S. and beyond, its once incendiary status is brought into odd relief. Pot’s profiteers of the corporate market today do not reflect those who fought for legalization, or the Black and Latino populations strategically criminalized for pot well before hippies were targeted, and long after.
The art in this book speaks to a time when pot was smoked with optimism, as something potentially good for society and people, capable of activating profound transformation in the face of corrupt and powerful forces.
With Oral Histories by: Ishmael Reed, John Sinclair, Marjorie Heins, Mariann Wizard-Vasquez, Abe Peck
The Duke of Pico: Illegal Pot Dealer to Corporate Cannabis CEO
Oliver Summers
@DukeOfPicoPR
In thirty years of selling cannabis, Oliver Summers has weighed out bags of weed in peoples apartments, opened one of the first Los Angeles Medical Marijuana dispensaries, become an outspoken advocate for Safe Access, to the boardroom as a CEO of a publicly-traded cannabis company.
The Duke Of Pico: Illegal Pot Dealer To Corporate Cannabis CEO In Thirty Years tells the stories of illegal dealing in the 1990s, that eventually morphed into the opening of the earliest medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles. The struggles of DEA raids, robberies, burglaries and financial hurdles. To personal events like getting fired as a cameraman for the Howard Stern Show because of cannabis, or friends giving an intervention for running a dispensary.
Oliver and a small cannabis community bonded during all the battles of quasi-legalization, created advocacy groups to protect the laws of California patients and eventually became entrepreneurs. All of which helped change the discussion of Cannabis into the current big business that it is today.
Oliver Summers
@DukeOfPicoPR
In thirty years of selling cannabis, Oliver Summers has weighed out bags of weed in peoples apartments, opened one of the first Los Angeles Medical Marijuana dispensaries, become an outspoken advocate for Safe Access, to the boardroom as a CEO of a publicly-traded cannabis company.
The Duke Of Pico: Illegal Pot Dealer To Corporate Cannabis CEO In Thirty Years tells the stories of illegal dealing in the 1990s, that eventually morphed into the opening of the earliest medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles. The struggles of DEA raids, robberies, burglaries and financial hurdles. To personal events like getting fired as a cameraman for the Howard Stern Show because of cannabis, or friends giving an intervention for running a dispensary.
Oliver and a small cannabis community bonded during all the battles of quasi-legalization, created advocacy groups to protect the laws of California patients and eventually became entrepreneurs. All of which helped change the discussion of Cannabis into the current big business that it is today.