Luckily, BS Wedeman is a professor and professional researcher, so she had access to plenty of reliable databases and information to fuel her research. “ One of the biggest challenges we faced was differentiating between what was true and what wasn’t” explains Ted. Or that refusing to grow hemp as a US farmer was a crime punishable by jail time up until the 1800s? (excerpt) Fun facts for a witty weed readįrom Ancient Egypt to the colonial US, Ted and BS Wedeman managed to combine close to 90 weed-related vignettes that offer an eye-opening account of just how present cannabis has been throughout human history.ĭid you know, for example, that Egyptian pharaohs like Hatshepsut and Tutankhamun used cannabis to relieve menstrual cramps, cleft palate, scoliosis, malaria, and hemorrhoids? John Adams recognized this 1763 when he wrote under the pen name “Humphrey Ploughjogger” for the Boston Evening Post, “Seems to me if great men don’t leave off writing politics, breaking heads, boxing ears, ringing noses and kicking breeches, we shall by and by want a world of hemp for our own consumption.” In other words, not much has changed in politics over the past 250 years. government much easier and nicer to deal with. “ Immediately, I called Ted and told him about my new idea,” adds BS Wedeman.Ī little indulgence in marijuana makes the people in the U.S. There’s John Landis Mason, who invented the mason jar (a go-to recipient for weed) Luis Marcus who invented the bobby pin (which many people use to hold a joint), and the Phoenicians, who discovered glass-blowing and may have invented some of the first glass pipes. I was using my bifocals at that very moment to see and be able to roll my j, and I started thinking ‘what other people have, through an invention or some other way, influenced my ability to enjoy marijuana?’” she says, immediately recalling some of the early stars of her book: “ I’d been reading a book about Benjamin Franklin, who of course invented bifocals. “ The idea came about, as most of my ideas do: as I was rolling a joint.” laughs BS Wedeman,
This “bathroom book,” as the authors so lovingly describe it too, boasts a collection of vignettes and illustrations that offer a brief-yet surprisingly detailed, quirky, and ultra-funny look into mankind’s history with weed. “The idea came about, as most of my ideas do: as I was rolling a joint.” Together, Ted and BS Wedeman wrote and illustrated the hilarious Highly Inventive: A Highbrow History of Man’s Quest For Weed, a piece that instantly became my number one read whenever I had 10 minutes to spare. « But this was a good idea, » Ted Tronnes quickly chimes in. I have a lot of ideas and not all of them are good, explains BS Wedeman as I am interviewing the two authors of Highly Inventive: A Highbrow History of Man’s Quest For Weed, a fantastic book that was published last summer. What do King Tut, Christopher Colombus, Louis Armstrong, and Al Capone have in common? Find out in Highly Inventive, the perfect bathroom book for weed lovers.
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