4 cannabis books for back-to-school

Whether you want to learn more about the’history of cannabis or to learn more about the CBD, Here are 4 cannabis books for this fall, read and approved.

CBD, what to do with it?

Written by Léa Ruellan, founder of the Equilibre CBD brand, this practical guide to cannabidiol aims to provide all the keys to effective use of CBD in all its forms. The book answers questions such as: how do I choose a CBD oil? What dosage is best? Or how to include it in your daily life?

Beautifully illustrated, in the image of the Equilibre brand, this is a book that will embellish both your bookshelf and your everyday life.

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Thai Stick - Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade

Bangkok has been a haven for smugglers and adventurers since the late 18th century. In the 1970s Thai Stick arrive discreetly in the United States, via surfers looking to finance their endless summers or military personnel returning from Vietnam.

From a confidential smuggling operation to one of the most complex circuits in the history of the drug trade, Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter are the first historians to document this clandestine industry, whose only trace lies in the memories of its participants.

After conducting hundreds of interviews with smugglers and law enforcement officers, the authors recount the purchase, delivery, return journey and unloading of the product. They focus on the eccentric personalities who transformed the Thai cannabis trade from a cottage industry into one of the world's most lucrative commodities, revealing a rare story from the smugglers' point of view. And help us understand how Thai decriminalization has only served to consolidate what is undoubtedly the most advanced know-how in Asia.

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Intoxicating Zion: A Social History of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel

More academic than its predecessor, Intoxicating Zion is the first book to tell the story of the hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel. Trafficking, consumption and the law; race, gender and class; colonialism and nation-building are all intertwined in the social history of cannabis in this very special part of the world. Haggai Ram traces the history of the hash trade from the 1920s to the aftermath of the 1967 war, involving smugglers, international gangs, residents, law enforcement and political actors.

Here we learn of Operation Toto, approved by the Prime Minister himself, David Ben Gourion, through which Israel attempted to flood Egypt with drugs to get the Egyptians hooked and weaken its army. And that the «mule» concept existed with camels, which had to pass through an X-ray portal on entering Egypt to detect any hash-filled cans in their stomachs.

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Can Legal Weed Win: The Blunt Realities of Cannabis Economics

This book, written by two economists, takes a factual look at the new legal segment of one of the world's oldest industries. The authors take us on a whirlwind tour of the past, present and economic future of legal and illegal weed.

Drawing on accessible data and their own work with California cannabis regulators since 2016, Goldstein and Sumner explain why many cannabis businesses and aspects of legalization fall short, while others succeed. The book covers the period from the first medical cannabis dispensaries in America in 1996 to the boom in legal consumption that occurred during the COVID-19 confinements.

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