I’m what you might call a “high-functioning stoner.” I’ve been smoking marijuana for 40 years or so, give or take a year, and I’ve been stoned pretty much every day since I graduated from high school.

I’m a 50-year-old white guy, and I’m like many other professional white guys in my age group, except for that high-functioning stoner thing.

I've managed to make a career out of writing, first in the magazine world and then in publishing reference products.

My book is about my life as a stoner.