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Bruce Barcott

Disciplines:
journalism
author
writing/environmental writing

Summary

American journalist and author who placed the first DoorDash order in 2013 while living near Stanford, and later wrote Weed the People, a journalistic account of marijuana legalization.

Core Contribution

Coincidentally placed DoorDash's first order (pork chops from Patxi's Pizza) while a writer-in-residence near Stanford — a historical footnote — and produced Weed the People as one of the more comprehensive journalistic accounts of cannabis legalization politics.

Notable Works & Achievements

Weed the People

The Measure of a Mountain

Historical Influences

No recorded historical influences.

Intellectual Lineage

American Environmental and Political Journalism

Contemporaries & Peers

No recorded contemporaries.

Minds Influenced

No recorded minds influenced.

Intellectual Posterity

First DoorDash orderWeed the People

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