Travels With Mary Jane

From Moroccan hashish dens to the coffee shops of Amsterdam, The Old Head takes readers along on his 50-year journey as a recreational drug user. Rather than a cautionary tale, however, this is an unabashed celebration of life enhanced by the use of various mind-altering substances. Part travelogue, part memoir, Travels With Mary Jane is actually the story of the birth of the drug culture and its ongoing aftermath as seen through the eyes and mind of an ordinary man who went along for the extraordinary ride. Whether it's a weekend in a Mexican bordello or a couple of months in London during the Swinging Sixties, readers will climb aboard the magic carpet, their tickets punched for a "trip" that started five decades ago and is still traveling on. Stoners will identify with the common cultural history they share with the author, non-users to a colorful world they've never known or understood. Rather than the archetypal story of a life ruined by drugs, it is a story of how drugs, particularly cannabis, can enrich one's everyday experiences and open their mind to new realms of possibilities. And some downright amazing times. An eye-opener for those who do not get high, an affirmation for those that do, Travels With Mary Jane starts with the premise that the high life is the best life and never looks back.