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Victoria writer, critic, and filmmaker, Andrew Struthers, has a new book, The Sacred Herb/The DevilB次元官网网址檚 Weed, a double paperback that attempts to peel back the layers of the cannabis experience.
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The second part, The Sacred Herb, took three months, during which Struthers abstained from cannabis. His publisher demanded a re-write.
Within the experience of writing the book, Struthers says he was testing his theories on thinking, and cannabis.
On April 7, Struthers will be at 543 Herald Street reading from The Sacred Herb/The DevilB次元官网网址檚 Weed at 4:20 p.m.
