Review: It was ok...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2014
“Crossroads from Damascus: Mississippi Headlights” is a collection of novels, short stories, and poems revolving around the use and abuse of marijuana. A lot of the stories were entertaining and interesting however my problem with this book is in the main point. Pot Addiction. Really. You have got to be kidding me. Of all the things that has ever ruin anybodies life ever, pot has to be low on the list. Alcohol, cigarettes, massively mulitplayer online role playing games, prescription drugs, and gambling have ruined more lives than pot has. And all of those things are legal. No joke, I once had a teacher get fired because of her addiction to World of Warcraft. An addiction, to World of Warcraft.From a reviewer's stand point there is nothing wrong with this book. The cover is weird and doesn't really do anything for the book. The stories are fine and some of them his close to home (I know where Oak Street is, I used to live a few blocks away from it). I love what Jason Akley is doing here. All of his work that I have had the privilege of reading has been amazing. However, I just can not get behind this one. For one, a lot of the problems with pot would go away with the decriminalization of it. That being said, this is another thought provoking book from Akley. 3/5.