Intoxicating stories of politically incorrect plants - lavishly illustrated cultural history of forbidden plants - vivid portraits of plants whose prohibition has shaped and changed the world. Jean-Michel Groult scours the centuries in search of the motives that led to the banning of plants such as cannabis, absinthe, coca, peyote, poppy, iboga, and khat. The number of psychotropic, abortifacient, invasive, or genetically modified plants seems to know no bounds. Whether they are banned or not depends as much on the country as on the time. The selected illustrations in the book reflect the public's attitude towards these issues.