Beverly Hills PressBeverly Hills, California

Are you interested in the myriad of ways people have gotten high throughout history and around the world? What about the back story for all the names used on the street and at parties to talk about drugs?

Then you have come to the right place. We have non-fiction books for education, history lessons, mind expansion and just plain fun.

Beverly Hills Press is an independent publisher founded in 2026. Currently, we only publish the books of our favorite local author TJ Toce. These include: a global history of mind-altering plants, fungi and animals; a reference guide to drug slang drawn from DEA and NIDA sources; and two fun puzzle books built on that research. One is a word search puzzle and the other a crossword puzzle.

All titles are available through Amazon. Print editions of our first two titles are distributed to the trade worldwide by Ingram.

Catalog

Cover of How the World Gets High

How the World Gets High

A Global Tour of Sacred Mushrooms, Amazon Vines, Mad Honey, Desert Toads and the New Science of Psychedelic Healing · TJ Toce

An illustrated tour of how people across history and around the world have used mind-altering fungi, plants and animals, from Xenophon's army felled by "mad honey" in 401 BCE to the honey hunters of Nepal. Each chapter pairs the history with today's science and an honest account of the risks.

  • Paperback 979-8-9977099-0-7 · $18.99 · 164 pp · 6 × 9 in · 34 maps, charts and plates
  • Hardcover 979-8-9977099-1-4 · $34.99
  • Ebook Kindle · $9.99  ·  Audiobook Audible, early 2027
  • Published August 2026 · Science / Social Science / History

AmazonBookshop.orgBarnes & NobleBook website

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Street Names Exposed

The Wild Truth Behind Every Drug's Slang, Science, and Secret History · TJ Toce

A fast, fun A-to-Z guide to 54 drugs and 677 of their names, from sacred mushrooms and Amazon vines to fentanyl and "tranq." Every entry gives what it is, where it comes from, its street names straight from DEA and NIDA sources, and the one fact you'll want to tell somebody. No made-up slang and no lectures.

  • Paperback 979-8-9977099-2-1 · $12.99 · 88 pp · 6 × 9 in
  • Ebook Kindle · $5.99
  • Published October 2026 · Reference / Language / Health

AmazonBookshop.orgBarnes & Noble

Cover of Molly, Lucy and Mary Jane

Molly, Lucy & Mary Jane

The Playful Word Search of Real Drug Street Names: Weed, Molly, Acid, DMT, Mad Honey, Special K and 40 More, Decoded · TJ Toce

Word searches built from the real street names in Street Names Exposed, one drug per page, with the facts behind every name. For adults 18 and over.

  • Paperback 979-8-9977099-3-8 · $9.99 · 66 pp · 8.5 × 11 in
  • Published October 2026 · Games & Activities / Word Search

Amazon

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Lucy, Charlie & Tina

The Playful Crossword of Real Drug Street Names: Weed, Molly, Acid, Ketamine, Mad Honey and 40 More, Decoded · TJ Toce

Crosswords built from the same research: real slang, real sources, one drug per puzzle, answers in the back. For adults 18 and over.

  • Paperback 979-8-9977099-4-5 · $9.99 · 80 pp · 8.5 × 11 in
  • Published October 2026 · Games & Activities / Crosswords

Amazon

Forthcoming

Street Names Exposed: Field Reference Edition

TJ Toce · In preparation

A professional edition of Street Names Exposed for police, EMS and medical use. Every entry keeps the original five fields and adds the ones a first responder needs, including the DEA's Drug Recognition Expert category, with sources cited throughout.

The 50-State Experience

Ride With Me Down America’s Backroads · TJ Toce · In preparation

A travel book covering all fifty states, one experience at a time. Based upon TJ’s personal diary and reference sheets as he travelled the country for both work and pleasure. A literary feast for all five senses.

For booksellers and libraries

Ordering

How the World Gets High and Street Names Exposed are distributed to the trade by Ingram (Lightning Source) in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Canada and Australia. Standard trade discount 55%, fully returnable. Order through ipage or your usual Ingram channel by ISBN.

The two puzzle books are available through Amazon only.

Review copies and events

Finished copies and a one-page sell sheet are available to booksellers, librarians, reviewers and media on request. The author lives in Beverly Hills and is available for in-store events and signings in the Los Angeles area.

Sell sheet: How the World Gets High (PDF)

ISBNs at a glance

TitleFormatISBNPrice
How the World Gets HighPaperback979-8-9977099-0-7$18.99
How the World Gets HighHardcover979-8-9977099-1-4$34.99
Street Names ExposedPaperback979-8-9977099-2-1$12.99
Molly, Lucy & Mary JanePaperback979-8-9977099-3-8$9.99
Lucy, Charlie & TinaPaperback979-8-9977099-4-5$9.99

Imprint: Beverly Hills Press. Publisher prefix 979-8-9977099.

About the press

Beverly Hills Press is a small independent press founded in 2026 by TJ Toce to publish his own nonfiction. We are currently not accepting submissions but will advise when that changes.

TJ Toce writes about many different things: what people get high on, now and throughout history; the names they call those drugs; travel, food and a list of other intriguing topics. He spent most of his career in apparel and retail, including a long run at Levi Strauss & Co. in sales management and merchandise planning, then senior roles in go-to-market, business transformation and operations. He runs T-Suite Advisors, a consulting practice, and sits on the Sales & Marketing Advisory Board of Mercado Global, a nonprofit he has happily mentored since 2011. When he is not writing books, he is composing pop rock songs: more than two hundred so far.

Find him at tjtoce.com and howtheworldgetshigh.com, or at a fabulous restaurant somewhere in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Maine, Hawaii, New York and who knows where else.

TJ Toce, black-and-white portrait from his first album cover
TJ’s first album cover

Contact

Trade, review-copy and media inquiries: press@beverlyhillspress.org
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