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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cartel, The Force, and The Border

A New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, and Chicago Sun-Times Favorite Book of the Year

"A revelation...This is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on autoload." —Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly

"Startling...Stylish...Mega-cool." —Janet Maslin,...

"Combat veteran Peter Ash leaves a simple life rebuilding hiking trails in Oregon to help his good friend Henry Nygaard, whose daughter runs a Denver security company that protects cash-rich cannabis entrepreneurs from modern-day highwaymen. Henry's son-in-law and the company's operations manager were carrying a large sum of client money when their vehicle vanished without a trace, leaving Henry's daughter and her company vulnerable." --

"Anyone can buy marijuana seeds--they are legal to purchase--and with some soil, water, and light, you can grow your own plants. With step-by-step instructions, Tommy McCarthy shows readers how to cultivate and grow beautiful weed. He also provides information on how to harvest and prepare the final product. With insight into both indoor and outdoor growing, Growing Marijuana will show readers how to: choose the right plants; buy and germinate seeds;...

"An herbalist and teacher offers an accessible and practical guide to growing cannabis outdoors for personal use, and preparing and using cannabis medicine for a range of common ailments"--

This engaging book traces the global history of marijuana, reaching back thousands of years. Noted historian John Charles Chasteen follows the use of the drug since Neolithic times, which makes marijuana among the first domesticated plants. Surprisingly, though, only infrequently has it been used as a recreational drug. Instead, there is a vibrant spiritual dimension to its long history that has been continually ignored. Beginning with the familiar...

"After decades of misinformation about cannabis largely due to the well-funded propaganda campaign in the 1930s, public attitudes toward the drug have finally begun to evolve. In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana and since then, 28 other states, 2 U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia have followed suit. Now countless patients are reaping the benefits of this amazing resource which has been used to effectively...

Marijuana has been illegal in the United States since 1937. Yet, thanks in large part to a loosely connected underground world of breeders, dealers, and smokers, there are currently more than 2000 varieties available. And since 1996, when California first passed legislation allowing for legalized medical marijuana, the underground has slowly surfaced, pushing what was once a decentralized, lawless world closer to the corporate world of business,

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