You know how it is. You're sitting with your mate, stoned as two hippies convicted of blasphemy, and running low on weed and chocolate, when it suddenly hits you... 'Why don't we grow our own? We wouldn't have to pay for our own stuff, we'd never run out, and there'd be loads of cash left over to blow on trips to Amsterdam. How hard could it be?'

And there you have it. You have officially joined the ranks of Potheads. This book is a really very useful, informative and educational guide to:

IDENTIFYING - Palming your dope plant off on to your Nan is not clever

GROWING - It's cheap, it's the answer to your dreams, it's four months of horiculture hell

BUYING -Getting a goosd deal without getting into a head-lock

SMOKING - Bongs, pipes, rollies, etc.

EATING - Meals that Delia would die for...no, really, she'd die

DEALING - How to turn a bad habit inot a crap career