[DRUGS] ALDRICH, Michael and Ed Sanders (editors)

The Marijuana Review - Vol.1, No.2 (Jan-March, 1969)

Buffalo, NY: Lemar International, 1969. First Edition. Slim quarto (28cm); original pictorial wrappers; 24pp; illus. Subtle tanning to text edges, a few tiny tears at right edge of front wrapper and a few preliminary leaves; Near Fine.

Early issue of one of the first magazines solely dedicated to cannabis and its uses in the United States. The magazine was produced by the Buffalo-based LeMar International (LeMar being short for Legalize Marijuana), an early marijuana legalization advocacy group founded by Allen Ginsberg, Ed Sanders, and Ginsberg's assistant, Michael Aldrich. While he was a student at University of Buffalo, Aldrich helped launch Marijuana Review, "America's first cannabis culture and information magazine...featuring information on legalization updates, advocacy, campaigns, cannabis pricing, psychedelic imagery, and poetry" (ref: "First Cannabis Magazine in U.S. was Made in Buffalo." March 18, 2022. Cannabuf). Contents include contributions by Aldrich, Tod H. Mikuriya, H.T. Simpson, Bern Porter, and Howard S. Becker. 89835.

Price: $400.00

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