This Is Your Mind On Plants: Opium-Caffeine-Mescaline (Paperback)

'Pollan is always an entertaining writer, and a deep thinker with a light touch ... it's a trip - engrossing, eye-opening, mind altering.' - Sophie McBain, The New Statesman 

'Expert storytelling ... Pollan masterfully elevates a series of big questions about drugs, plants and humans that are likely to leave readers thinking in new ways.' - Rob Dunn, The New York Times Book Review 

'Brilliant, compulsively readable ... Pollan's storytelling is deft, forthright and fascinating.' - Charles Foster, The Oldie 

'Like it or not, we are undergoing a drugs revolution ... thankfully Pollan is here to guide us through this putative challenge ... [this] relatable, middle class New York plant fancier might be the ideal standard bearer for today's calmer, more scientific approach to the subject.' - Josh Glancy, The Sunday Times 

'Pollan's intertwining of reportage, citizen science and historical scholarship is a delightful and informative read ... [he] has a rational optimism that might tempt even the most sober and sceptical to try to broaden their horizons.' - AJ Lees, The Literary Review 

'Pollan is a gentle, generous writer.' - David Aaronovitch, The Times 

'The descriptions of London's coffee house culture and Honore de Balzac's barbarous habit of ingesting dry coffee grounds to fuel all-night scribbling sessions are worth the book's price alone ... The book is really about the relation between each plant and the humans who consume it, tackled in a non-judgmental and objective way that seeks to dispel the ignorance, prejudice and demonisation they attract.' - The Financial Times