LEADER 03688nam 2200661 450 001 9910812079303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-53556-2 024 7 $a10.7312/magu16134 035 $a(CKB)3710000000077203 035 $a(EBL)1457777 035 $a(OCoLC)862048593 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001062295 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11666120 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001062295 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11015497 035 $a(PQKB)11518545 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000648988 035 $a(DE-B1597)459085 035 $a(OCoLC)979575150 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231535564 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1457777 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10820196 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL562545 035 $a(OCoLC)864358219 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1457777 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000077203 100 $a20130405h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThai stick $esurfers, scammers, and the untold story of the marijuana trade /$fPeter Maguire and Mike Ritter ; foreword by David Farber 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-16134-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aForeword -- Introduction -- Surfers, scammers, and the counterculture -- The Hippie trail -- Kuta beach -- Thai sticks -- Pattaya Beach ground zero -- The sea of grass -- The gold rush -- Pirates and perils -- Multitons and mother ships -- The Dea gains ground -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aLocated on the left bank of the Chao Phya River, Thailand's capital, Krungthep, 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 1970's, 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 left over 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. Many forget that until the mid-1970's, the vast majority of marijuana consumed in the United States was imported, and there was little to no domestic production. Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter are the first historians to document this underground industry, the only record of its existence rooted in the fading memories of its elusive participants. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with smugglers and law enforcement agents, the authors recount the buy, delivery, voyage home, and product offload. They capture the eccentric personalities of the men and women who transformed the Thai marijuana trade from a GI cottage industry into a professionalized business moving the world's most lucrative commodities, unraveling a rare history from the smugglers' perspective. 606 $aMarijuana industry$zThailand 606 $aDrug traffic$zThailand$xHistory 606 $aSmugglers$zThailand$vBiography 615 0$aMarijuana industry 615 0$aDrug traffic$xHistory. 615 0$aSmugglers 676 $a363.4509593 700 $aMaguire$b Peter$g(Peter H.)$01633461 701 $aRitter$b Mike$01673608 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812079303321 996 $aThai stick$94037796 997 $aUNINA