Pot Planet: Adventures in Global Marijuana Culture is a 2002 non-fiction book about cannabis, cannabis tourism, and drug policy by Canadian author Brian Preston.
It sold 30,000 copies in England,[1] and was translated into Spanish, Hungarian, and Japanese.
Critical reception
Publishers Weekly said in their review, "for those who share an affinity with Preston's subject, this excellent book will be devoured like a tray of brownies".[2]The Globe and Mail described it as a travelogue in which the author set out to "toke his way through 12 countries, sampling the local grass and hash" but "when he gets down to business, he writes an engaging and informative book" as the author sees and describes "meeting so many people ... who had been persecuted and jailed" because of "American drug-war fundamentalism that drives the statist cause" of prohibition.[3]Kirkus Reviews likewise found it to be "a blend of advocacy and (so to speak) sober reportage" that exposed the "taxpayer-financed, cannabis-focused atrocity of the drug war".[4]The Vancouver Sun called it "an excellent snapshot of global pot culture, laced with solid reporting and some genuinely nutty writing", and "a "surprisingly lucid" account of his journey, and pro-legalization polemic".[5]
Translations
Preston, Brian (2002) [2002]. Fűbolygó : kalandozások a világ marihuánakultúrájában (in Hungarian). Kőrös László (trans.). Budapest (Hungary): Cartaphilus. ISBN978-963-266-038-7. OCLC909145012.
Preston, Brian (2003) [2002]. Planeta marihuana : una aventura por la cultura global del cannabis (in Spanish). Daniel Menezo (trans.). Barcelona: RBA [es]. ISBN8479019964. OCLC733672050.
Preston, Brian (2003) [2002]. ポット・プラネット = Pot planet : マリワナ・カルチャーをめぐる冒険 / [Potto puranetto = Pot planet : Mariwana karuchā o meguru bōken] (in Japanese). Ken'ichi Yamakawa (trans.). Tokyo: Oota Shuppan. ISBN4872337972. OCLC675071671.
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Chamberlain, Adrian (7 July 2007). "My kind of martial artist; Quest for a black belt can't take the wuss out of writer". Times Colonist. Victoria, B.C. p. C6.
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Grierson, Bruce (7 Sep 2002). "Puff piece: The king of 'You-Get-Paid-For-That?' journalism publishes his first book – and what a long, strange trip it was". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, B.C. p. D7.
Further reading
Tribby, Mike (May 1, 2002), "Pot Planet: Adventures in Global Marijuana Culture", The Booklist (book review), vol. 98, no. 17, p. 1490
Edmonds, A O (April 15, 2002), "Pot Planet: Adventures in Global Marijuana Culture", Library Journal (book review), vol. 127, no. 7, p. 112
Lanthier, Nancy (30 Apr 2005). "Writer's reefer madness 'an exercise' in cannabis research and stress aid he's left behind". The Vancouver Sun (interview). p. D3.
