{"product_id":"pot-stories-for-the-soul-paperback","title":"Pot Stories for the Soul - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Krassner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pieces in \u003ci\u003ePot Stories for the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e are funny, whimsical, bizarre, poignant, informational, shocking, and, yeah, soulful. They are about love, hate, escape, reality, the paranormal, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, Michelle Phillips, Hunter Thompson, Abbie Hoffman, Wavy Gravy and peanut butter. Ultimately, these stories reveal the wide, weird, and wonderful subculture of stoners, where the reefers are mad, the joints are fat, and the buzz lasts for six-and-a-half days. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMainstream America has had an uneasy relationship with marijuana. Once a legal substance, the 1930s saw a massive campaign against the \"Devil's Harvest\" that led to pot being rendered illegal. In the 1960s, marijuana became one of the defining elements of the counterculture before once again being shunted to the sidelines. Over the last decade, however, marijuana has gone mainstream and has been the topic of seminars, expos, concerts, comedy routines, movies, TV shows, and college courses across the country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published by \u003ci\u003eHigh Times\u003c\/i\u003e in 1999, \u003ci\u003ePot Stories for the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e won the Firecracker Alternative Book Award and also became a Quality Paperback Book Club selection. This brand-new edition includes several new essays by Paul Krassner, plus his foreword, his afterword, and the evolution of cannabis sanity in between.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Krassner\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, journalist, stand-up comedian, and the founder, editor, and a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eThe Realist\u003c\/i\u003e. Krassner became a key figure in the counterculture of the 1960s as a member of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and a founding member of the Yippies. He lives in Southern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52638797693235,"sku":"9781593764449","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/JRhUQoXFBX9781593764449.webp?v=1762332820","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/pot-stories-for-the-soul-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}