Scratch & Sniff Book of Weed: A Physiological, Sexual, Historical, Botanical, and Cultural Trip Through the World of Cannabis - Hardcover

Matlins, Seth; Epstein, Eve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1419724525 ISBN 13: 9781419724527

Publisher: Abrams Image, 2017

Synopsis

Legal in all 50 states, this entertaining, informative, and whimsically illustrated guide covers 4,000 years of weed and its significance—psychoactive, cultural, medical, sexual, and more—in just 22 pages and with 20 scratch-&-sniff scents. From the science behind the munchies to the botanical link between weed and beer; from weed’s sexual upsides to its (literal) sexual downsides; from Tupac to Shakespeare to why weed makes music sound better: This book may just be the greatest-ever gift for anyone from the cannabis connoisseur to the cannabis curious.

About this title

About the Author

Seth Matlins has been smoking weed since first hearing Pink Floyd in 1982. A global brand marketer with a long history in Hollywood from Rock the Vote to CAA to Live Nation, he’s currently EVP, the Branded Impact Group at WME/IMG. His work has appeared everywhere from from Good Morning America to the New York Times and AdAge. Eve Epstein is a writer, editor, and media strategist. Co-author of X vs. Y: a Culture War, a Love Story, she was the longtime editor-in-chief of DailyCandy, head of content for TakePart.com, and now runs content for Demand Media. Her writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, Glamour, Forbes, WMagazine, and beyond. Ann Pickard has been an illustrator and painter for more than twenty years. Her art has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, California Sunday Magazine, Stock Pot Images and LA Weekly, among other publications. She lives in Southern California and is currently working on a series of paintings of mythological creatures at their day jobs

From the Back Cover

This entertaining and whimsically illustrated journey into the world of weed not only charms the eyes and mind, but the nose as well. Twenty scratch-and-sniff scents bring to life a variety of topics from the epicurean and neurological to the cultural, medical and sexual. Ever notice that beer and weed smell alike? Hops and cannabis are actually in the same plant family. And the munchies? Well, they're real, scientifically speaking. Witty and enlightening, this conversation-launching compendium takes the reader's experience one step further with information that wafts right off the page.

Edition details

• Publisher: Abrams Image
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1419724525
• ISBN 13: 9781419724527
• Binding: Board book
• Illustrator: Pickard Ann
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 22