Martin A. Lee is the author of four books, including most recently Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific. He is the cofounder of the media watch group FAIR and the director of Project CBD, a medical science information service. He is also the author of Acid Dreams and The Beast Reawakens, and his writing has appeared in many publications, including The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Harper’s Magazine, Le Monde Diplomatique, Rolling Stone, The Nation, Salon.com, HuffingtonPost.com, and TheDailyBeast.com.
“Smoke Signals is an important, serious-minded look at the role
cannabis has played in American history. He tackles the hard issues
of marijuana prohibition with keen insight and righteous
indignation. I agree with Lee’s central premise that our marijuana
laws are draconian. Every American should read this landmark
book!”
*Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History at Rice University and
author of Cronkite*
"A ripping read, thoroughly researched, Smoke Signals will help
inform the current debate and hopefully hasten the demise of
prohibition." —David Bronner, CEO, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps
"[A] well-reasoned, entertainingly written, and passionate
examination of the social and culture war that surrounds the
drug."—Booklist
"In this accessible and well-researched analysis, Lee offers a
cultural reckoning of cannabis in its many incarnations, spanning
from its first recorded utilization in 2700 B.C.E. to the
present...a compelling read and an excellent source of information
on the topic."—Publishers Weekly
"Smoking a doobie isn’t the worst thing a person could do...and Lee
backs that thought up with social history aplenty, ranging from
neolithic experiments down to the Kerouac-ian consumers of the Beat
Era."—Kirkus Reviews
“Hallelujah and glory be to Smoke Signals, Martin Lee’s bodacious
new book…[Lee] chronicles everything and everyone worth chronicling
in the annals of marijuana.”
*High Times*
"Lee…imagines a bright, legal, lucrative future for weed.”—Business
Week
“[E]xuberant, richly researched.”
*Boston Globe*
"High but not dry...a lively and informative book.”
*Detroit Metro Times*
“This is a brilliant book . . . Smoke Signals is destined to be a
classic.”
*West Coast Leaf*
“As Martin A. Lee shows in Smoke Signals, his engaging and
illuminating new history, marijuana’s contraband status is a result
of historical accident, racial prejudice, xenophobia, loads of
cultural baggage, and an astonishing amount of ignorance.”
*Jacob Sullum, Reason*
“Lee’s new book is the precise educational tool that our country
currently needs . . . Smoke Signals should be required reading in
every high school history class.”
*David J. Brown, author, Mavericks of Medicine*
“[A] clearheaded survey that stretches from 2700 B.C. to the Obama
administration.”
*James Hughes, Slate*
“[A] delightful surprise . . . impossible to put down.”
*Anna Diaz, Real Weedist*
"[T]he best, most comprehensive account of the American marijuana
movement(s) to date . . . Smoke Signals is a must read for anyone
who wants to understand the contemporary marijuana movement."
*Drug War Chronicle*
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