This concise guide to cannabis delivers the dope on using and cultivating weed. Learn about ganja history and culture, legal and health issues, and identifying varieties.The Little Black Book of Marijuana also Includes marijuana recipes and a 14-page section of full-color photographs of marijuana varieties and strains. 158 pages. Author Steve Elliott is a journalist and editor of the Village Voice Media blog, Toke of the Town: Cannabis Culture News and Views (www.tokeofthetown.com). His specialties are drug policy reform, medical marijuana, and marijuana legislation. Steve is also the cannabis/dispensary critic for Seattle Weekly (www.seattleweekly.com) print and Web column ''Toke Signals.'' He is based in the Greater Seattle area.