You know man, we never had a book like this back in the day. Back when everyone wore tie dye and bellbottoms and had roach clips with feathers hanging down from the rearview mirrors of their ’57 Chevys, when bongs and joints and soda cans with pinhole bowls sat on stoners’ wooden-crate coffee tables and grass only came in a few different flavors like Acapulco Gold and California sensimilla and Jamaican and Hawaiian and Thai Stick. We can’t get those days back, and sometimes we can’t even remember them. And that’s why we decided to put this book together.
Stonerhood is all about friends and relaxation and mind expansion and fun, and stoners will enjoy learning the best way to improvise a pipe as much as reading about the real story behind “420.” You’ll hear what wise people from past and present have to say about the magic plant, and get turned on to hundreds of classic stoner ideas and activities.
Not sure how to go about getting a bag of bud? We’ll tell you what to expect from the average dealer, and other ways to score.
Not convinced that marijuana is the least harmful pastime compared to alcohol, cigarettes, and every other mind-altering drug? We’ll prove beyond the shadow of a bong that it’s true.
Need to bone up on how cannabis became illegal, why it’s still illegal, and what you can do to help make it legal again? Read on.
Feeling isolated because you can’t find other folks like you, who enjoy partaking in one of God’s greatest gifts to mankind? The reality is, there are many stoners right in your neighborhood—you just need to brush up on the signs that say, “I’m cool.” And we got that covered.
We also name the different strains of weed available today, describe how to make a stash kit, turn you on to freaky smoking games and tricks, give some love to all the dedicated activists who are fighting to “legalize it,” and give props to the great cannabis festivals held around the world each year. And here and there, we throw in other random stuff just to keep you on your toes. We have some fun with stoner stereotypes, and dig up and dish out some serious information you probably haven’t heard before.
And whoever and whatever we forget to include in this book, we can always make up for it in Cheech and Chong’s Next Book for Stoners.
Because marijuana is a good thing.
The thing about stonerhood is that it’s always been about the people. And that’s what this book is about—the places stoners go, the things stoners say and do, and the stuff that stoners like, plus games and doodling and other trippy activities, too.
But you know the main reason why we wrote this book?
Because marijuana is a good thing.
There, we said it. It’s something every stoner—millions of them—have great memories of throughout their life, even if they’ve forgotten some of them. From the first time you smoked Thai stick out of an apple core at the drive-in movie theater in high school, to the white widow hit you vaporized this morning, the stoner life is something to be proud of and to celebrate and to share and to learn all about.
So sit back, light up, and tune in.
And one last thing . . . has anyone seen the lighter?
