Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781592407613)

The nation's economy is in trouble, but one cash crop has the potential to turn it around: cannabis. ABC News reports that underground cannabis industry produces $35.8 billion in annual revenues. But, thanks to Nixon and the War on Drugs, marijuana is still synonymous with heroin on the federal level even though it has won mainstream acceptance. Too High to Fail is an objectively (if humorously) reported account of how one plant can change the shape of our country, culturally, politically, and economically. It covers everything from a brief history of hemp to an insider's perspective on a growing season in Mendocino County, where cannabis drives 80 percent of the economy. Doug Fine follows one plant from seed to patient in the first American county to fully legalize and regulate cannabis farming. He profiles a critical issue to lawmakers, media pundits, an ordinary Americans. It is a wild ride that includes college tuitions paid with cash, cannabis-friendly sheriffs, and access to the world of the emerging legitimate, taxpaying "ganjaprenneur."

Author: Doug Fine
ISBN-10: 1592407617
ISBN-13: 9781592407613
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 07/02/2013
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.90d