Thai Stick Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade

Name: Thai Stick Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade
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ISBN: 9780231161343

ISBN-10: 0231161344

ISBN-13: 9780231161343

Edition: 2013

Authors: Peter Maguire, Mike Ritter

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Thailand's capital, Krungtep, known as Bangkok to Westerners and "the City of Angels" to Thais, has been home to smugglers and adventurers since the late eighteenth century. During the 1970s, it became a modern Casablanca to a new generation of treasure seekers: from surfers looking to finance their endless summers to wide-eyed hippie true believers and lethal marauders leftover from the Vietnam War. Moving a shipment of Thai sticks from northeast Thailand farms to American consumers meant navigating one of the most complex smuggling channels in the history of the drug trade.Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter are the first historians to document this underground industry, the only record of its…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 11/12/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.93" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.144

Peter Maguire, the author of Law and War: An American Story, has taught at Bard College and Columbia University.



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Map



Surfers, Scammers, and the Counterculture



The Hippie Trail



Kuta Beach



Thai Sticks



Pattaya Beach Ground Zero



The Great Circle Route and the Sea of Grass



The Gold Rush



Pirates and Perils



Multitons and Mother Ships



The DEA Gains Ground



Confidential Informant


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index