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Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and Its Quest to Spread Peace, Love, and Acid to the World by Nicholas Schou Publisher Comments Few stories in the annals of American counterculture are as intriguing or dramatic as that of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love. Dubbed the “Hippie Mafia,” the Brotherhood began in the mid-1960s as a small band of peace-loving... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper 
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This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America by Ryan Grim Publisher Comments Seven surprising consequences of the U.S. approach to drugs—find out the facts in THIS IS YOUR COUNTRY ON DRUGS Past antidrug campaigns actually encouraged drug use. A few years ago, America stopped dropping acid altogether. The meth epidemic... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Pill Head: The Secret Life of a Painkiller Addict by Joshua Lyon Publisher Comments "Joshua Lyon preferred opiates, America's fastest growing addiction, and in this enlightening and harrowing pill by pill tour, he maps the secret trades that are taking place in every workplace, gym, bar, and neighborhood. With Pill Head, he... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends: A Very Trippy Miscellany by Adriano Sack Staff Pick You're sitting at a bar with friends, and the conversation hits a lull. Someone excuses herself to get the next round and buy some time. But you don't need it, because you've read The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends and you're loaded with an... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cannabis Companion: the Ultimate Guide To Connoisseurship by Steven Wishnia Publisher Comments This innovative, one-of-a-kind compendium is decidedly upscale. It treats cannabis as just another fine thing to be savored, like a great wine, good cigar, gourmet chocolate, or single malt scotch. Author Steven Wishnia, a former senior editor at High... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The High Times Reader by Annie Nocenti Publisher Comments Launched in 1974, "High Times" magazine has served as a preeminent showcase of the American counterculture. This collection offers a unique historical perspective on the current tendencies toward suppressing American civil liberties.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Buzzed: The Straight Facts about the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy by Cynthia Kuhn Publisher Comments The essential, accessible source for understanding how drugs work and their effects on body and behavior. Scientifically accurate and easy to read, this no-nonsense handbook gives the most balanced, objective information available on the most often used... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Last Narco: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo, the World's Most Wanted Drug Lord by Malcolm Beith Synopsis The dense hills of Sinaloa, Mexico, are home to the most powerful drug lord since Pablo Escobar: Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Guzman is among the worlds ten most wanted men and also appeared on Forbes magazines 2009 billionaire list. With his... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Drugs by Leslie Iversen Publisher Comments The twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the treatment of bacterial and viral infections, heart disease, stomach ulcers, cancer, and mental illnesses. These, along with the introduction of the oral... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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I Am the Market: How to Smuggle Cocaine by the Ton, in Five Easy Lessons by Luca Rastello Publisher Comments A page-turning account of the international cocaine trade, presented as five lessons in how to move tons of the drug across borders Forget about cocaine concealed in false-bottomed suitcases or swallowed in ovules resistant to gastric juices. When... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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This Is Cocaine by Nick Constable Publisher Comments The recreational drug with the fastest-growing popularity, cocaine is marked by contrasts: it brings euphoria and despair, results in obscene wealth and dire poverty, and is used by both Peruvian hill farmers and sharply dressed American professionals... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Weed Man: The Remarkable Journey of Jimmy Divine by John Mccaslin Publisher Comments Weed Man - The Remarkable Journey of Jimmy Divine - is John McCaslin's account of the unbelievable exploits of a Jimmy Moree - a law-abiding citizen turned million-dollar drug trafficker, who, amidst sometimes unbelievable, hilarious and escalating... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $16.99 Sale - Hardcover
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Dope Girls the Birth of the British DR by Marek Kohn Publisher Comments As entertaining as it is enlightening, Dope Girls vividly records the scandals and moral panics in Britain that followed the end of the First World War, as drug use—especially of morphine and cocaine—was transformed into a national menace... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Joint Rolling Handbook: Back to Basics by Bobcat Synopsis Featuring the basic "Saturday Night Special" to the complex "Crossroads" and even the decadent "Cannabis Cigar," this book shows potheads, from newbies to seasoned aficionados, how to roll the perfect joint. With easy-to-follow instructions and detailed... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $8.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Andean Cocaine Industry by Patrick L Clawson Publisher Comments It is commonly known that the Andean nations of Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia are the international centers of cocaine production. But until now, there has been no comprehensive view of this billion dollar industry. Using never-before unearthed information... (read more) List Price $35.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Spliffs 3 the Last Word in Cannabis by Tim Pilcher Publisher Comments Follow-up volume to the bestselling "Spliffs" and "Spliffs 2". More unknown facts and entertaining stories.... (read more) Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Age of Anxiety: A History of America's Turbulent Affair with Tranquilizers by Andrea Tone Publisher Comments Anxious Americans have increasingly pursued peace of mind through pills and prescriptions. In 2006, the National Institute of Mental Health estimated that 40 million adult Americans suffer from an anxiety disorder in any given year: more than double the... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $8.24 Sale - Hardcover
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The Hunt for Khun Sa: Drug Lord of the Golden Triangle by Ron Felber Publisher Comments For two decades, the Burmese warlord Khun Sa controlled nearly 70 percent of the worlds heroin supply, yet there has been little written about the legend the U.S. State Department branded the “most evil man in the world”—until now... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Acid Diaries: A Psychonaut's Guide to the History and Use of LSD by Christopher Gray Publisher Comments An exploration of the personal and spiritual truths revealed through LSD - Reveals that LSD visions weave an ongoing story from trip to trip - Shows that trips progress through three stages: personal issues and pre-birth consciousness, ego-loss, and on... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cannabis and the Soma Solution by Chris Bennett Publisher Comments Seeking to identify the plant origins of the early sacramental beverages Soma and Haoma, this study draws a connection between the psychoactive properties of these drinks and the widespread use of cannabis among Indo-Europeans during this time... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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