Dec 02, Tim Pettaway rated it really liked it. Read this for work and really enjoyed it. It is a little more biographical than manifesto but the stories within gave voice to the many victims of prohibition.
Oct 12, Josh Ford rated it really liked it. Solid information. Mar 31, Miles rated it liked it. DeAngelo is a figure with decades of cannabis activism under his belt.
Cannabis supporters of all stripes owe him a serious debt of gratitude. Drawing from his deep love for and long history with this remarkable plant, DeAngelo has crafted eight simple maxims that comprise his Manifesto: ——Cannabis is not harmful, but prohibition is. As an unabashed supporter of cannabis, DeAngelo defends each of these maxims with special vigor. The Cannabis Manifesto should be taken seriously by cannabis advocates and skeptics alike.
DeAngelo makes it clear that cannabis has always been with us, even when we tried to ignore, destroy, or marginalize it. He is especially candid when describing the absurd contradictions that cannabis prohibition has foisted on modern Americans: "All over the U.
Teachers hide it from their students, and students hide it from their teachers. Professionals hide their cannabis use from the clients they serve, and the clients hide it from the professionals who advise them. Employees hide it from their employers, and employers hide it from their employees. And everybody hides it from the cops. It has never been an unintended consequence. He explains: "I believe there is no such things as the recreational use of cannabis.
The concept is equally embraced by prohibitionists and self-professed stoners, but it is self-limiting and profoundly unhealthy.
Defining cannabis consumption as elective recreation ignores fundamental human biology and history, and devalues the very real benefits the plant provides…The vast majority of cannabis use is for wellness purposes. When was the last time you read a news story about a college freshman who smoked a joint with his friends and danced his exultant ass off at a concert for the first time?
If you accept the wellness paradigm, then DeAngelo suggests that you should also support lenient tax policies for the cannabis industry. He advocates for a vibrant, intelligently-regulated free market that will reward the best and safest practices while simultaneously marginalizing inferior and black market products.
Happily, this is an approach that liberal reformers and pro-business conservatives can both get behind. Although I think this is a valuable book overall, I have a couple minor critiques that bear mentioning.
My second complaint is that DeAngelo seems a bit too comfortable avoiding the potential downsides of cannabis use.
DeAngelo leaves us with a insightful and poignant message: "We are all born into the same web of life; we are all children of Mother Nature, and cannabis is one of the most precious gifts she has given us. When handled with care and respect, the plant can safely provide us with food, fuel, fiber, medicine, spiritual connection, and wellness.
Cannabis is a birthright of all human beings, and nobody has ever been justified in trying to take it away from us. With hard work, and a little luck, we can help him finish the job.
Oct 07, Maira Ali rated it liked it. I visited different stores and online dispensaries but found Freshly Rated Cannabis, the Best Online Cannabis dispensary out of all. British Columbia The government announced Thursday that all licensed non-medical cannabis sellers will be allowed to deliver their products beginning July Mar 17, Jeremy Mangen rated it it was amazing.
Every single point made in this book is worth serious consideration. Every person who is even remotely interested in Cannabis should read this book.
Steve DeAngelo thoroughly explains the history of Cannabis and elaborates on the reasons behind his main points of the manifesto, which are: Cannabis is not harmful, but prohibition is -- Cannabis should never have been made illegal -- Cannabis has always been a medicine -- Choose cannabis for wellness, not intoxication -- Cannabis reform doesn't ha Every single point made in this book is worth serious consideration. Steve DeAngelo thoroughly explains the history of Cannabis and elaborates on the reasons behind his main points of the manifesto, which are: Cannabis is not harmful, but prohibition is -- Cannabis should never have been made illegal -- Cannabis has always been a medicine -- Choose cannabis for wellness, not intoxication -- Cannabis reform doesn't harm communities, it strengthens them -- Cannabis should be taxed and regulated as a wellness product -- Cannabis reform is a social justice movement -- Legalization cannot and will not be stopped.
Oct 21, Meliodas added it. More recently, I thought that cannabis is something that you can easily do without. You have no idea how much it helped me. Since then, I have been using CBD products all the time. Mar 24, thinker bell rated it it was amazing.
Great account of cannabis history in the U. This book cited studies and research. It helped me appreciate the arduous work cannabis and health and wellness activists paved for people to enjoy the great and healig benefits of this plant.
Awesome and educational book! Mar 30, Marcos Schneider rated it it was amazing. This book is fascinating. It would appear that the stories of cannabis have been severely manipulated Dec 27, Jonathan K rated it liked it. Extremely informative and personal.
I'd rate it higher if there wasn't so much about Steve's journey, but it's interesting just the same. Nam no nonumes volumus quaerendum, cu meis graeci audiam vis. In ullum ludus evertitur nec. Solum mentitum quo et, no ancillae legendos mel. Quo verear neglegentur et. Novum utroque atomorum te eos.
Epicuri ullamcorper necessitatibus ut cum, postea percipitur temporibus an sea. Nostro inciderint vix eu. In his book, The Cannabis Manifesto , Steve DeAngelo emphasizes choosing cannabis for wellness and not for intoxication Cannabis has long been used and revered for its many benefits, from its widely acknowledged medical applications to its commonly accepted ability to help people relax. She begins with the basics—how cannabis grows, how it is ingested, and the nuances of variety—then works through both the history of cannabis usage and all the pertinent details of the plant itself—lineage, strains, appearance, flavor, terpenes, and the types of high you can experience.
Jordana also discusses the neuroscience of cannabis use, including how it affects the brain and how science measures creativity. Then, Jordana reveals her findings after conducting more than 30 interviews with artists, including photographers, writers, sculptors, painters, actors, comedians, and musicians as she investigates how these artists use cannabis in their work—including what strains work best for them—and how it has helped them become more creative, increase their artistic output, and have creative breakthroughs.
The book also features a series of creative prompts that you can use as guided creative experiences in your own creative work. When I have a question about the biochemistry of cannabis and don't know the answer, I call Uwe first.
Warren Bobrow, Fair Winds Press, DeAngelo , Steve. The Cannabis Manifesto. Fine, Doug. A self-help guide to reducing pain with less medication. The Cannabis Manifesto Berkley: North Atlantic Books.
Written by the founder and CEO of the world's largest medical cannabis dispensary, The Cannabis Manifesto delivers a clear, concise history of cannabis as a medicine, details the unintended consequences of prohibition, and considers its future as a regulated consumer product. Steve DeAngelo draws on his experience serving the sick as the head of the controversial Harborside Health Center and a colorful lifetime of working for social justice to present a compelling call for the legalization of this most controversial of plants.
His provocative argument that there is no such thing as recreational cannabis challenges readers to rethink everything they thought they knew about marijuana—and teaches them how to use it responsibly. The Cannabis Manifesto answers essential questions about the plant, employing extensive research to fuel a thoughtful discussion around cannabis science and law while at the same time taking readers on a magical tour of a little-known world. His vivid narrative provides a lively, behind-the-scenes look at Harborside's showdown with the federal government and details the life of a hippie who missed the sixties.
In calling for a realistic national policy on a substance that has been used by half of all Americans, this essential primer will forever change the way the world thinks about cannabis, its benefits, and the laws governing its use.
Steve DeAngelo, the founder of Harborside Health Center, the world's largest medical-cannabis dispensary, presents a compelling case for cannabis as a wellness catalyst that must be legalized. So now that the squares at long last seem ready to rethink pot's place in polite society, how, exactly, can members of this vibrant, innovative, life-affirming culture proudly and properly emerge from the underground—without forgetting our roots, or losing our cool?
With plenty of stops along the way for "pro tips" from friends in high places, including cannabis celebrities and thought leaders of the marijuana movement, readers will learn everything from the basics of blazing, to how Mary Jane makes humans more creative and collaborative, nurtures empathy, catalyzes epiphanies, enhances life's pleasures, promotes meaningful social bonds, facilitates cross-cultural understanding, and offers a far safer alternative to both alcohol and many pharmaceutical drugs.
You'll follow the herb's natural lifecycle from farm to pipe, explore cannabis customs, culture and travel, and discover how to best utilize and appreciate a plant that's at once a lifesaving medicine, an incredibly nutritious food, an amazingly useful industrial crop, and a truly renewable energy source.
You'll even get funny and informative answers to burning questions ranging from: How can I land a legal pot job? In two-color, with charts and illustrations throughout, How to Smoke Pot Properly is truly a modern guide to this most revered herb. Muraresku Publisher: St.
A groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and the real-life quest for the Holy Grail that could shake the Church to its foundations.
The most influential religious historian of the 20th century, Huston Smith, once referred to it as the "best-kept secret" in history. Did the Ancient Greeks use drugs to find God? And did the earliest Christians inherit the same, secret tradition? A profound knowledge of visionary plants, herbs and fungi passed from one generation to the next, ever since the Stone Age? There is zero archaeological evidence for the original Eucharist — the sacred wine said to guarantee life after death for those who drink the blood of Jesus.
The Holy Grail and its miraculous contents have never been found. In an unprecedented search for answers, The Immortality Key examines the archaic roots of the ritual that is performed every Sunday for nearly one third of the planet. Before the birth of Jesus, the Ancient Greeks found salvation in their own sacraments.
Sacred beverages were routinely consumed as part of the so-called Ancient Mysteries — elaborate rites that led initiates to the brink of death. The best and brightest from Athens and Rome flocked to the spiritual capital of Eleusis, where a holy beer unleashed heavenly visions for two thousand years. Others drank the holy wine of Dionysus to become one with the god. In the s, renegade scholars claimed this beer and wine — the original sacraments of Western civilization — were spiked with mind-altering drugs.
In recent years, vindication for the disgraced theory has been quietly mounting in the laboratory. The constantly advancing fields of archaeobotany and archaeochemistry have hinted at the enduring use of hallucinogenic drinks in antiquity. And with a single dose of psilocybin, the psychopharmacologists at Johns Hopkins and NYU are now turning self-proclaimed atheists into instant believers.
But the smoking gun remains elusive. If these sacraments survived for thousands of years in our remote prehistory, from the Stone Age to the Ancient Greeks, did they also survive into the age of Jesus? Was the Eucharist of the earliest Christians, in fact, a psychedelic Eucharist? With an unquenchable thirst for evidence, Muraresku takes the reader on his twelve-year global hunt for proof. He tours the ruins of Greece with its government archaeologists.
He gains access to the hidden collections of the Louvre to show the continuity from pagan to Christian wine.
0コメント