The Marijuana Review - Vol.1, No.4 (October-December, 1969) de [DRUGS] ALDRICH, Michael and Ed Sanders (editors) - 1969

Buffalo, NY: Lemar International, 1969. First Edition. Slim quarto (28cm); original pictorial wrappers; 24pp; illus. Toning to extremities, a few splash marks and one small loss to front wrapper, a few tiny tears, with some yellow underlining to text on pp.12-13 and 18-19, and a section of text cut out from p.19-20; Good. Debut 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).