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Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xlv, 319 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
"Too High to Fail covers everything from a brief history of hemp to an insider's perspective on a growing season in Mendocino County, where cannabis drives 80 percent of the economy (to the tune of $6 billion annually). Investigative journalist Doug Fine follows one plant from seed to patient in the first American county to fully legalize and regulate cannabis farming. He profiles an issue of critical importance to lawmakers, media pundits, and ordinary...
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A musical adaptation of the 1936 propaganda film. A straight-laced high school principal tries to steer people away from what he calls the demon weed by telling the frightful tale about the fate of two innocent teens who fall under the spell of drugs.
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2012
Physical Desc
18 CDs (ca. 21 hr., 36 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The bestselling author of Acid Dreams tells the great American pot story, a panoramic, character-driven saga that examines the medical, recreational, scientific and economic dimensions of the world's most controversial plant.
Publisher
Economic Productions
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (76 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Todd is a pot-smoking custodian at a retirement community. When one of the residents mistakes him for her son, he finds himself becoming emotionally attached to his work for the first time.The film was shot "in an actual nursing home, using real residents as many of the actors, with mixed in footage from a documentary that was made at the facility, blurring the lines between fact and fiction."
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xi, 163 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
As we enter the dawn of a new "post-prohibition" era, the stigma surrounding cannabis use is fading, and the conversation about what it means to get high is changing. When it comes to being a respectful, thoughtful, and responsible consumer of pot, there is a lot you need to know. In Higher Etiquette, Lizzie Post--great-great granddaughter of Emily Post and co-president of America's most respected etiquette brand--explores and celebrates the wide...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
A chronicle of marijuana's journey toward and away from legalization examines how grassroots activists from the 1970s nearly secured its decriminalization before conservative parents and the Reagan administration transformed cannabis into a focus for the war on drugs.
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Formats
Description
"Each year, between 4,000 and 6,000 trespass [marijuana] growers take to the woods of California, and spend at least half the year working 24/7 cultivating and protecting their lucrative cash crop. They divert and pollute millions of gallons of pristine water while using illegal fertilizers and pesticides (some so toxic they were banned by the EPA from use in the US over a decade ago). These groups use large amounts of rat poison and over-the-counter...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
272 pages cm
Description
"Recreational marijuana is now legal in nine states. Almost all Americans believe the drug should be legal for medical use. Advocates argue cannabis can help everyone from veterans to cancer sufferers. But legalization has been built on myths- that marijuana arrests fill prisons; that most doctors want to use cannabis as medicine; that it can somehow stem the opiate epidemic; that it is not just harmless but beneficial for mental health. In this meticulously...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xxv, 387 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
In the summer of 1987, Johnny Boone set out to grow and harvest one of the greatest outdoor marijuana crops in modern times. In doing so, he set into motion a series of events that defined him and his associates as the largest homegrown marijuana syndicate in American history, also known as the Cornbread Mafia. Author James Higdon—whose relationship with Johnny Boone, currently a federal fugitive, made him the first journalist subpoenaed under the...
Author
Publisher
Current, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"In Stoned, palliative care physician Dr. David Casarett sets out to do anything-- including experimenting on himself-- to find evidence of marijuana's medical potential. He smears mysterious marijuana paste on his legs and samples pot wine. He poses as a patient at a seedy California clinic and takes lessons from an artisanal hash maker. In conversations with researchers, doctors, and patients around the world he learns how marijuana works-- and...
14) The gentlemen
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Description
American ex-pat Mickey Pearson built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he's looking to cash out of the business forever, it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Publisher
HeartsGate Productions
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Other Side of Cannabis: Negative Effects of Marijuana on Our Youth tells the stories of a variety of individuals of all ages, as well as interviews with top researchers across the United States. The film elaborates on the effects of marijuana facing our adolescents, teenagers and young adults--whose brains are still forming.
16) Queremos mota
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
171 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Description
Con su desenfadado tono característico, Nacho Lozano dará las coordenadas mínimas para entender este fenómeno, explicará por qué la legalización es una excelente noticia. Dará información de altísima calidad para entender qué debe ser un consumo responsable. Mediante capítulos variopintos —entrevistas lúdicas, crónicas, reflexiones e incluso recetas— el periodista pintará todo el abanico que implica el consumo de la yerba. La obra...
Author
Description
¿Estás buscando una guía paso a paso para cultivar marihuana en interior o exterior?
¿Has estado buscando un recurso que te ayude a aprender fácilmente a cultivar marihuana?
Si esto te suena, ¡sigue leyendo!
El cultivo de cannabis nunca ha sido tan fácil, y los buenos resultados tanto en interior como en exterior están a tu alcance. En esta guía para principiantes, encontrarás conocimientos básicos sobre marihuana, semillas y todo lo...
18) Savages
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben, a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon, a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry, raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia. Life is idyllic in their Southern California town, until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them.
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
104 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
Discusses the issues surrounding the legalization of marijuana for medical and recreational purposes, include its history, the variety of laws in different states, the lack of strong scientific evidence either way, and its economic role.
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
218 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
Women of all ages are using cannabis to feel and look better. For rookies and experienced marijuana users alike, this lively, information-filled book is just the supportive guide you need to find the right dose to relieve anxiety, depression, and inflammation, and mitigate the onset of dementia and other signs of aging. Plus boost moods, ease aches, even lose weight, and get restful sleep. And a dose just for fun? Well, that works, too! Heres how...
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