The Devil and his Lettuce

Engelstalig handboek over de zin en onzin van cannabis. Een geestverruimende reiswaarin alle aspecten van een van 's werelds oudste cultuurgewassen aan de orde komenin een voor meerdere prijzen genomineerde uitgave.The Devil's Lettuce is a free-format handbook that takes you on a mind-expanding tripthrough the life and times of cannabis. Allowing you to release yourself from misconceptionsand fake news about a widely misunderstood plant, medicine, textile fibre and religioussacrament.Cannabis is one of the world's oldest cultivated crops. It has powered much moderndevelopment, brought healing and recreation, and been used heavily as a religious andspiritual aid.The history of cannabis has, for the most part, been mellow and calm. In more moderntimes that history has been troubled and agitated, when exploration, trade, war and politicsbecame involved. In the last 100 years, cannabis experienced its most turbulent times, withits public perception, penalties for its production and applications, and fevered debatesabout its legality around the world.Today, as society is re-examining the overlooked medical uses of cannabis, and is comingdown from a highly-charged discourse about criminalisation, and embracing legalisation,it is important that we properly understand what cannabis is, as well as its past, so we canembrace a better, fairer and safer future for a cannabis-infused world.The Devil and his Lettuce, was nominated for multiple awards; the Melkweg Awardannounced annually in Dutch Design Week, recognises 'a truly unique talent among DAE'sBachelor graduates' and a project that is 'both highly original and full of potential,' aswell as the Kick That Ass award from Maarten Bass, presented 'to a graduate of DesignAcademy Eindhoven who has used the graduation year to make an authentic work -regardless of advice or assignments - within self-set frameworks'.