<DIV></DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Make no mistake: the US government’s 100-year-old war on marijuana isn’t over. Some 20 million Americans have been arrested on marijuana charges so far. The American marijuana industry remains underground, where modern-day moonshiners who view themselves as tomorrow’s Johnnie Walkers continue to take immeasurable personal risks to fulfill America’s incessant demand for weed.</p><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>This book focuses on an incredibly dynamic three years—from 2009 to 2012—in which marijuana left the world of illegality and blossomed into a mainstream industry. It became the fastest growing economic engine in California before the feds swooped in and put pot back in its “proper” place.</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>The weed runners who inhabit this book are pioneers of the future American pot economy. Some are martyrs who lost their liberty paving the way for the explosion of medical marijuana. Others followed in their footsteps, risking their freedom to push the limits of this grand experiment.</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Drawing on unparalleled access to sources ranging from lawyers to cannabis club owners, from outlaw cultivators to industry entrepreneurs, <I>The Weed Runners </I>is both journalistic expos<I>é</I> and adventure story.