{"product_id":"9781101588895","title":"Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first in-depth look at the burgeoning legal cannabis industry and how the “new green economy” is shaping our country\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe nation’s economy is in trouble, but there’s one cash crop that has  the potential to turn it around: cannabis (also known as marijuana and  hemp).  According to \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, the legal medicinal cannabis economy  already generates $200 million annually in taxable proceeds from a mere  two hundred thousand registered medical users in just fourteen states.\u003cbr\u003eBut,  thanks to Nixon and the War on Drugs, cannabis is still synonymous with  heroin on the federal level even though it has won mainstream  acceptance nationwide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABC News reports that underground  cannabis’s $35.8 billion annual revenues already exceed the combined  value of corn ($23.3 billion) and wheat ($7.5 billion). Considering the  economic impact of Prohibition—and its repeal—\u003ci\u003eToo High to Fail\u003c\/i\u003e  isn’t a commune-dweller’s utopian rant, it’s an objectively (if  humorously) reported account of how one plant can drastically change the  shape of our country, culturally, politically, and economically.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eToo High to Fail\u003c\/i\u003e  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 (to the tune of $6 billion annually).  Investigative journalist Doug Fine follows one plant from seed to  patient in the first American county to fully legalize and regulate  cannabis farming. He profiles an issue of critical importance to  lawmakers, media pundits, and ordinary Americans—whether or not they  inhale. It’s a wild ride that includes swooping helicopters, college  tuitions paid with cash, cannabis-friendly sheriffs, and  never-before-gained access to the world of the emerging legitimate,  taxpaying “ganjaprenneur.”","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076988322032,"sku":"9781101588895","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101588895_p0.jpg?v=1763688452","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101588895","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}