Reefer Madness: A History of Marijuana

Reefer Madness, a classic in the annals of hemp literature, is the popular social history of marijuana use in America. Beginning with the hemp farming if George Washington, author Larry Ratso Sloman traces the fascinating story of our nation's love-hate relationship with the resilient weed we know as marijuana.

Herein we find antiheroes such as Allen Ginsberg, Robert Mitchum (the first Hollywood actor busted for pot), Louis Armstrong (who smoked pot every day), the Beatles, and more rapscallions standing up for, supporting, smoking, and politicizing the bounties of marijuana.

With a new afterword by Michael Simmons, who has written for Rolling Stone, LA Weekly, and High Times, on the progress of the hemp movement and the importance of medical marijuana, Reefer Madness is a classic that goes on.

Author: Larry Ratso Sloman
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 09/05/2000
Pages: 472
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.48w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780312195236

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/15/1998 pg. 105

About the Author

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 was editor-in-chief of High Times and National Lampoon. He collaborated with Howard Stern on the bestselling Miss America and Private Parts and is the author of a biography of Abbie Hoffman. He lives in New York City.