That passage encapsulates the book’s tone, which is fiercely pro-pot. “And they would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn’t for us meddlesome stoners.” Pot prohibition is “an insidious plot to protect the pharmaceutical industry, Big Tobacco, the booze barons and the plastic industrial complex from unwanted competition while building up a modern police state right under our noses,” according to Bienenstock. Then, of course, he recaps is tumultuous legal history in more recent decades. He summarizes its spread from Asia through Europe and North America - including the story of how Queen Victoria of England used cannabis to treat menstrual pain. He opens with a quick history of cannabis’ place in human civilization dating back to 6,000 B.C. Prohibition and period crampsīienenstock provides context from the start.
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Whether you’re a weed rookie starting from scratch or a seasoned smoker who’s gathered disparate strands of information about the plant over decades, How to Smoke Pot (Properly) presents everything in one place, at the right moment in time. The book is part history lesson, part manifesto and a full introduction to an emerging world. There are plenty of tutorials on everything from cooking to vaping, but that only scratches the surface of the territory Bienenstock explores. Less pedantic than the title might suggest, How to Smoke Pot (Properly) is a 266-page primer on all things ganja rather than a step-by-step manual.
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In 2016, our expert is David Bienenstock, a ten-year veteran of High Times magazine, and our travel guide is his book How to Smoke Pot (Properly), which just came out this week. If you’re traveling somewhere new, you want a guidebook written by an expert. We’re on a journey to a new country - a place where the relationship between cannabis, citizens, business and government looks like nothing the nation has seen before.