Bainbridge Island author and journalist Bruce Barcott will be on Bainbridge Island next Thursday signing and discussing his latest book on the ramifications of legalizing marijuana.

“Weed the People: The Future of Legal Marijuana in America” talks about cultural, social and financial adjustments surrounding legal weed.

Barcott discusses his last minute change of heart to vote for legalizing marijuana in a CNN opinion piece, where he notes that marijuana possession can come with more prison time than some rape and other violent crime convictions in states like Louisiana.

“Legal weed hasn’t inspired an army of hooligans to tear up the state. It’s just kept 10,000 people with a little bud in their pockets from being branded as criminals,” he wrote. “Instead of losing their jobs, they keep them. Instead of draining tax dollars as prisoners, they contribute tax dollars as workers and consumers.”

Barcott’s other work includes “The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw” and “The Measure of a Mountain.”

He will be at the TreeHouse Cafe in the Lynwood Center on Thursday from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.