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Virtual Event – Neal Pollack
June 22, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us as we welcome Neal Pollack for a virtual event to discuss his new memoir, Pothead.
This event will be hosted on the Zoom platform. To register in advance for the event with Neal Pollack click here:
https://magiccitybooks.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v6RA8ywZQoKinO4JtCR0vg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event on Monday June 22 at 7:00 pm CDT.
Copies of Pothead by Neal Pollack are available here: https://magiccitybooks.square.site/product/pothead/136?cs=true . You can also reserve a copy by phone, 918-602-4452 or at the store.
About Pothead
Beginning innocently enough in his 20s, Neal Pollack discovers that pot makes everything–food, music, sex–better. Getting married, having a kid, and enjoying professional success do nothing to dampen Pollack’s enthusiasm for getting high. As cannabis grows stronger and more widely available, the expansion and acceptance of marijuana Big Business shadows Pollack’s dependence.
By 2014, Neal is a correspondent for a national marijuana newspaper, mostly because it means free pot. Diving into the wild, wicked world of weed with both lungs, Pollack proceeds to smoke, vape, and eat his way to oblivion, leading to public meltdowns and other embarrassing behavior. After his mother dies in 2017, he spirals out of control, finally hitting bottom during a reckless two-day gambling and drug-filled binge, culminating in a public crack-up at the World Series in Dodger Stadium. Three weeks later, he quits.
After joining a twelve-step program, Neal outs himself as a marijuana addict in a 2018 New York Times op-ed piece, leading to his decision to document his experience as a cautionary tale for the millions of recreational users in the hazy age of legalized weed.