Reefer Madness

Reefer Madness, a contemporary classic, is the popular social history of marijuana use in America.

Beginning with the hemp farming of George Washington, author Larry "Ratso" Sloman traces the fascinating story of our nation's love-hate relationship with the resilient weed in question. Here we find antiheroes such as Allen Ginsberg, Robert Mitchum (the first Hollywood actor busted for pot), Louis Armstrong (who smoked grass every day), the Beatles, and other rapscallions standing up for, supporting, smoking, and politicizing the manifold bounties of marijuana.

With a new afterword by Michael Simmons, who has written for Rolling Stone, LA Weekly, and High Times on the path and progress of the hemp movement as well as the importance of medical marijuana, Reefer Madness is "the most objective [and] definitive book ever written on pot" (Pitt News).

Praise

"Reefer Madness expertly and entertainingly charts the course of the killer weed from Colonial hemp crops to the present proliferation of pot as the biggest underground industry since bootleg booze."—Playboy

"Ounce of ounce, Reefer Madness packs more highs than a pound of sinsemilla."—Frank Fioramonti, NORML board of directors

About the Author(s)

Larry "Ratso" Sloman

Larry Sloman, a.k.a. "Ratso," is a Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude graduate in sociology. He has written for Rolling Stone and served as editor-in-chief of High Times and National Lampoon. Sloman collaborated with Howard Stern on the bestselling Miss America and Private Parts, and is also the author of a biography of Abbie Hoffman. He lives in New York City.