Greenstate
Site Navigation
  • News
  • Explained
  • Lifestyle
  • Reviews
  • Perspective
  • Health
  • Business
  • Dispensaries
  • Psychedelics
  • Jobs
Additional Navigation
  • News
    • Labor
    • Law
    • Money
  • Cannabis State by State
    • California
    • Colorado
    • Connecticut
    • Delaware
    • Georgia
    • Illinois
    • Massachusetts
    • Michigan
    • Minnesota
    • Mississippi
    • New Mexico
    • New York
    • Oklahoma
  • Strains
  • Food+Drink
    • Recipes
  • Health
    • Sex
    • Beauty
    • Indications
  • Arts
  • Perspective
  • Reviews
    • Products
    • Hardware
  • Dispensaries
  • Travel
    • Destinations
    • Itineraries
  • Equity
  • Podcast
  • Psychedelics
  • Curated
  • Glossary
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Notice
  • Your Privacy Choices
Search the site

Brian Box Brown

is an Eisner and Ignatz Award–winning cartoonist, illustrator, comic publisher, and Pennsylvania Medical Cannabis patient from Philadelphia. His books include the New York Times–bestselling Andre the Giant: Life and Legend, Tetris: The Games People Play, Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman, Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America, and Child Star. His book, Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America, explores the reasons why cannabis became illegal in the first place, and is often considered a must-read for anyone interested in understanding cannabis history.

legalization nation 237 preview
Perspective

Legalization Nation: state’s pot policy driven by shady suspects

Brian Box Brown
legalization nation 236 preview curaleaf hemp play
Perspective

Legalization Nation: weed company makes eye-raising transformation

Brian Box Brown
legalization nation 235 preview metrc whistleblower lawsuit
Perspective

Legalization Nation: lawsuit threatens to upend pot industry

Brian Box Brown
legalization nation 234 preview
Perspective

Legalization Nation: New Jersey cannabis drama ignites outrage

Brian Box Brown
legalization nation 233 preview hemp battle
Perspective

Legalization Nation: hemp battle rages on across the country

Brian Box Brown
legalization nation 232 preview
Perspective

Legalization Nation: more fun from the World Cup of Weed

Brian Box Brown
legalization nation 231 preview spannabis
Perspective

Legalization Nation: Box Brown heads to Spannabis

Brian Box Brown
legalization nation 230 preview legalization rollbacks
Perspective

Legalization Nation: disturbing cannabis trend emerging nationwide

Brian Box Brown

Trending

  1. cannabis myths debunked: Hands of a pharmaceutical woman worker in the laboratory of a factory for the production of cosmetic and medicinal preparations and CBD oil. She shakes the coneflowers from the hemp into a laboratory glass container. She is dressed in a white robe, wearing protective gloves, glasses and a cap. It checks the quality of flowers, smell and appearance.

    What most people get wrong about the cannabis industry

    Cara Wietstock
  2. Vote for the California Cannabis Awards Consumers’ Choice Award

    Rachelle Gordon
  3. People pay more when weed products do this

    Cara Wietstock
  4. Decarboxylate cannabis buds: a beginner’s guide

    Cara Wietstock
  5. Trump insiders make major prediction on federal cannabis reform

    Rachelle Gordon
Greenstate
  • About GreenState
  • Advertise With Us
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Notice
  • CA Notice at Collection
  • Your CA Privacy Rights (Shine the Light)
  • DAA Industry Opt Out
  • Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads)

Sign up for the Field Guide

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

© 2025 Hearst Communications, Inc.