Cannabis: A History
A History
$29.52
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
2 August 2004
Summary
An in-depth, insightful, accessible and entertaining study of the world’s most controversial weed - and, after tobacco, alcohol and aspirin, the world’s most widely taken drug.
To some it’s antisocial anathema, to others it is a harmless way to relax, or provides relief from crippling pain. Some fear it is a dangerous drug that leads to ‘reefer madness’ and addiction; to others still it is a legal anomaly and should be decriminalized. Whatever the viewpoint, and by whatever name it is…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553814187 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0553814184 |
| Author: | Martin Booth |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bantam Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 2 August 2004 |
| Weight: | 338g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
Enlightening…a very engaging history. * Daily Telegraph *Booth tells this story with admirable restraint…this book should be on the shelf of anyone interested in human freedoms and bad laws. * Independent *So good no one will need to do another for at least fifty years…mesmerizing detail, fantastical digressions, lots of jokes and wry asides. – James Delingpole * Literary Review *A testament to the late Booth that he could make such a boring subject so interesting. * Sunday Times *A colourful tale … Chronicles the remarkable and often mystifying process through which cannabis became outlawed throughout the Western world, and the devastating effect such legislation has had on the global economy. * Sunday Telegraph *After two puffs on a marijuana cigarette, I was turned into a bat. – Dr James Munch, pharmacologist‘Amazingly informative…fascinating stuff’ * Financial Times *
About The Author
Martin Booth
Martin Booth was an internationally known and admired writer and biographer, as well as an acclaimed novelist. His novel, THE INDUSTRY OF SOULS, was shortlisted for the 1998 Booker Prize. His penultimate book was CANNABIS- A HISTORY, and he died in February 2004 shortly after completing GWEILO.
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