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020			_a9780231161343 (cloth : acidfree paper)
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050	0	0	_aHD9019.M382 _bT553 2014
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100	1		_aMaguire, Peter _q(Peter H.)
245	1	0	_aThai stick : _bsurfers, scammers, and the untold story of the marijuana trade / _cPeter Maguire and Mike Ritter ; foreword by David Farber.
260			_aNew York : _bColumbia University Press, _c2014
300			_a236 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 209-225) and index.
505	0		_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.
520			_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.
650		0	_aMarijuana industry _zThailand.
650		0	_aDrug traffic _zThailand _xHistory.
650		0	_aSmugglers _zThailand _vBiography.
700	1		_aRitter, Mike. _eAuthor
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