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Phillip Edmonds

Phillip Edmonds
Phillip Edmonds is a teacher, editor, and writer. He has published several short story collections, his most recent being The Soapbox (2018).

Phillip Edmonds reviews 'A Dozen Dopey Yarns: Tales from the pot prohibition' by J.J. McRoach

June 1979, no. 11 01 June 1979
This is a very interesting social document. A Dozen Dopey Yarns is not easily pigeonholed – it consists of the ‘writings’ of the self-proclaimed publicist of the Australian Marijuana Party, J.J. McRoach, part comedian, part media aspirant, part evangelist for pot. As such, the reader can have a good laugh, and sociologists can read a gonzo journalist’s view of the drug culture. Pot doesn ... (read more)