Spliffs (the Jamaican word for joints) is more than just a book about marijuana (cannabis) and getting high. It's a celebratory trip that explores the versatility of cannabis and the profound influenceit has had on cultures throughout history. Special sections are devoted to the influence of marijuana on music, movies, media, and literary and comic book culture.

Features include profiles of famous users, as well as a primer on the varieties of hash and grass, on how to roll functional and decorative joints, pot paraphernalia, recipes for cooking with herb, and a guide to Amsterdam's most famous coffeeshops. Fully illustrated with full-color photographs and drawings throughout.

Spliffs 2 by Tim Pilcher

Spliffs 2, the follow up to bestselling title 'Spliffs', is packed with everything of interest to the cannabis connoisseur. The first chapter contains an analysis of the processes for growing your own strain. There is an examination of the plant (and the very different male and female specimens), plus the arguments for indoor and outdoor growing, hydroponics, an assessment of the best means of cultivation, seeds and hybrids/cross pollination. The second section explores the music behind the drug, from hippy festivals such as Woodstock to the Bob Marley-led reggae explosion. The link between rap music and cannabis and the rise of Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre and Eminem is discussed, as is the success of Afroman's 'Then I Got High' (UK No 1 for three weeks in 2003) and music events like the Up in Smoke Tour and MTV's Cannabis Weekend. Chapter Three is a delight for the discerning smoker. It features more than 50 items of smoking paraphernalia - including bongs, pipes, blunts, vapourisers, hookahs, grinders and scales - specially shot against white backgrounds with explanatory captions.

It is a testament to the fact that for many dope smoking is more than a hobby, it's a way of life. Chapter Four features potted biographies of the world's top 50 pot heads, from the obvious (Bob Marley and Howard Marks) to the unlikely (Cary Grant, Pierce Brosnan and Prince Harry), while Chapter Five is styled as a travelogue, taking a snapshot of cannabis use worldwide - where it's best to score and where should definitely be avoided! To end the book there is also a section on cannabis cocktails so you can while away those summer evenings enjoying your favourite tipple mixed with cannabis tincture.

Packed with feature spreads including hilarious true life stories, famous dope busts, hemp fashion and herbal highs to name a few, and featuring a comprehensive chronology, Spliffs 2 is the ideal purchase for the dope enthusiast.

 

Priced at:  £8.99 

Reprising the success of Spliffs and Spliffs 2, this book offers yet more information and entertainment for the 'budding' cannabis enthusiast. In this volume there are chapters on religion and the herb (including the African tribe who not only smoke weed ceremonially but also roll giant joints in order to smoke bees out so that they can retrieve honey from the nests!), the struggle to get the drug legalised around the world, and an in depth look at the films that have glorified the drug over the years. A largely pictorial section (Skins and Things) take a trip through the array of rolling papers of the past and present and a look at their cultural significance from peace symbols of the Sixties to the smiley faces of acid house Nineties. While the section called 'A Smoker's Life for Me' is for the smoker who wishes to devote their life completely to the demon weed - from dressing in the morning wearing hemp fashions, through eating hemp pasta at lunch while writing a letter on hemp paper, to having a hemp beer or champagne in the evening with friends!

The Joint Rolling Handbook (Expert Edition) - Richard Kemplay

The completely revised, very well illustrated, step by step guide to hand rolling various forms of spliff interlaced with lots of information on cannabis. An excellent gift. 

Priced at:  £10.00 

In this witty illustrated primer cartoon buddies Buster Buns and Fats Bat explain, in vivid detail, the fine art of joint rolling. Different types of joints are featured, and are conveniently organized by level of difficulty.

Each stage in the rolling process is illustrated with step-by-step instructions, making this an invaluable guide for neophyte tokers, while the more radical rolled creations offer inspiration to experienced smokers. Also included are buying, testing, and growing tips, illustrated in Bobcat's wild style.