Pot Planet
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Pot Planet: Adventures in Global Marijuana Culture is a 2002 non-fiction book about cannabis, cannabis tourism, and drug policy by Canadian author Brian Preston.
It sold 30,000 copies in England,[1] and was translated into Spanish, Hungarian, and Japanese.
Critical reception
The Vancouver Sun called it "an excellent snapshot of global pot culture, laced with solid reporting and some genuinely nutty writing", and "a "surprisingly lucid" account of his journey, and pro-legalization polemic".[5]
Translations
- Preston, Brian (2002) [2002]. Fűbolygó : kalandozások a világ marihuánakultúrájában (in Hungarian). Kőrös László (trans.). Budapest (Hungary): Cartaphilus. OCLC 909145012.
- Preston, Brian (2003) [2002]. Planeta marihuana : una aventura por la cultura global del cannabis (in Spanish). Daniel Menezo (trans.). Barcelona: OCLC 733672050.
- Preston, Brian (2003) [2002]. ポット・プラネット = Pot planet : マリワナ・カルチャーをめぐる冒険 / [Potto puranetto = Pot planet : Mariwana karuchā o meguru bōken] (in Japanese). Ken'ichi Yamakawa (trans.). Tokyo: OCLC 675071671.
See also
References
- ^ Chamberlain, Adrian (7 July 2007). "My kind of martial artist; Quest for a black belt can't take the wuss out of writer". Times Colonist. Victoria, B.C. p. C6.
- ^ Pot Planet: Adventures in Global Marijuana Culture (book review), Publishers Weekly, May 2002
- ^ Michael Poole (August 10, 2002). "Toking a trip around the world". The Globe and Mail.(subscription required)
- ^ Pot Planet: Adventures in Global Marijuana Culture (book review), Kirkus Reviews, March 15, 2002
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Grierson, Bruce (7 Sep 2002). "Puff piece: The king of 'You-Get-Paid-For-That?' journalism publishes his first book – and what a long, strange trip it was". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, B.C. p. D7.
Further reading
- Tribby, Mike (May 1, 2002), "Pot Planet: Adventures in Global Marijuana Culture", The Booklist(book review), vol. 98, no. 17, p. 1490
- Edmonds, A O (April 15, 2002), "Pot Planet: Adventures in Global Marijuana Culture", Library Journal (book review), vol. 127, no. 7, p. 112
- Lanthier, Nancy (30 Apr 2005). "Writer's reefer madness 'an exercise' in cannabis research and stress aid he's left behind". The Vancouver Sun (interview). p. D3.
- "Northwest Bookshelf". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. June 16, 2002. p. 22.