Hi, everybody.

Hi, everybody.

It's been, welcome to an all new, great moments and an all-new great moments in weed history. We're going to mix things up a little bit because on this week's episode, I'm going to share with you a great moment from my own personal weed history. This particular weedy adventure began when I read a novel called

Ecotopia that was first published in 1975, but I actually think it's a story that's extremely

timely to our current moment. In fact, if I was going to start a great moment in Weed History

Book Club, Ecotopia would be the very first selection.

Actually, you know what?

Let's do it.

Join the Great Moments in Weed History Patreon for a freaking dollar a month,

or, you know, you could put five on it.

And in addition to video versions of every episode or the podcast

and a bunch more bonus content, I will

launch an online book club for stoners, starting with Ecotopia, and then moving on to the

great works of cannabis literature. Literature? Yep, that was a first use weed pun here on the

podcast. You can sign up for all of that at

great moments in weed history.com. Now, to wet your appetite, allow me to read you a description

of the book. Ecotopia was founded when Northern California, Oregon, and Washington

seceded from the union to create a stable state

ecosystem, a new nation seeking the perfect balance between human beings and the environment.

Now, 20 years later, this isolated, mysterious nation is welcoming its first officially

sanctioned American visitor, New York Times

post reporter Will Weston. Skeptical yet curious about this green new world, Weston is determined

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