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| Pot Culture: The A-Z Guide to Stoner Language and Life | 
| Authors: Shirley Halperin, Steve Bloom
Creator: Tommy Chong
Publisher: Abrams Image
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 7489
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 223
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.7
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 8 x 1
ISBN: 0810994402
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.1
EAN: 9780810994409
ASIN: 0810994402
Publication Date: May 1, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
Do you know the difference between burning one and Burning Man? Does using the name Marley as an adjective make total sense to you? Do you chuckle to yourself when the clock strikes 4:20? Are you convinced that the movie Dazed and Confused deserved an Oscar? If you answered "Dude!" to any of these questions, then Pot Culture is the book you've been waiting for.
For those in the know, it's the stoner bible. For novices, it's Pot 101. Either way, Pot Culture encapsulates the history, lifestyle, and language of a subculture that, with every generation, is constantly redefining itself. From exhaustive lists of stoner-friendly movies, music, and television shows to detailed explanations of various stoner tools to celebrity-authored how-tos and an A-Z compendium of slang words and terms, it's the ultimate encyclopedia of pot.
Written by former High Times editors Shirley Halperin (now a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly and a TV talking head) and Steve Bloom (publisher of CelebStoner.com), and featuring contributions by a host of celebrity stoners, including Melissa Etheridge, Maroon 5's Adam Levine, Redman, Steve-O, and America's Next Top Model's Adrianne Curry, Pot Culture provides the answers the everything you ever wanted to know about pot but were too stoned to ask.
"Pass the Dutchie! Marijuana and rock 'n' roll have been joined at the hip, since, well, ever and that link will be explored in the book Pot Culture by journalist Shirley Halperin and longtime High Times editor Steve Bloom. . . . Essentially an encyclopedia of pot, filled with such top 10 lists as "best stoner movies" and "stoner capitals of the world," plus a "pot-parazzi" section with celebrities sneaking a toke . . ."--Billboard
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| Customer Reviews:
 So much of a variety! April 27, 2008
This book covers so much about pot culture. It is great to have around and just look through and read about anything you need to know about the culture. I love this book. I bought two copies when it first came out...one for me and one for my best friend. I've just ordered two more copies for two of my other friends. I consider it a must-have coffee table book for people into this type of stuff. There is such a great variety of information, from definitions to pages dedicated to great musicians, artists, and entertainers, to how-to guides.
Great Book for Pro to Amatuer !! April 23, 2008
I love books about Cannabis, Cultivation, Hash, basically anything drug related catches my interest, So this book was a must have for me. After seeing this book featured in one of my favorite shows "Weeds"(When Silas Starts working with his mom he is seen reading "pot Culture") I had to do some reasearch. When the book arrived at my door, For once I was hoping it wasn't "Playboy". "Pot Culture: The A - Z Guide to stoner language and life" the title meant to me that it was going to read like a dictionary of everything Ganja related. Well...After, consuming 2 space cakes, 6 Glass Bong hits, 2 shots of tanqueray and 10 chocolate chip cookies (no THC included) I started reading. To make a long story short this book missed out on a few terms that are very important but, wont interfere with the quality of this read. I loved the celebrity How-To-Do's with Redman, Rob Thomas, Jonah Hill, Steve-O and more. I really recommend purchasing this book for the Stoned and Un-stoned Reader.
 Great Book, Beautiful Package April 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It was appropriate that my copy of "Pot Culture: The A-Z Guide to Stoner Language and Life" showed up on the very day that Representative Barney Frank filed a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of pot. Steve Bloom's book lavishly and lovingly demonstrates that pot culture is completely interwoven into American culture and that stoners, far from being at society's fringes, have made important contributions to our music, literature, arts, and even science. (One of the book's rare omissions, however, is Carl Sagan and his PBS series, Cosmos.)
For many readers (especially children of the sixties), "Pot Culture" will be a trip down memory lane. For others, it will illustrate the impact that stoner culture is having on today's headlines and cultural trends. In either case, it's a thoroughly entertaining look at an the significant and enduring influence that pot and its legions of aficionados have been exerting on our larger cultural environment for decades.
This book is EXCELLENT!!!! April 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just got this book yesterday for my husband and he LOVES it!! It covers everything pot related with really cool graphics, recipes, photos and too much to cover here - GO BUY THIS BOOK!! YOU WON'T REGRET IT!!
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