From the halcyon days of easily accessible drugs to years of government intervention and a surging black market, this tale chronicles a former drug smuggler’s 50-year career in the drug trade, its evolution into a multibillion-dollar business, and the characters he met along the way.
The journey begins with the infamous Hippie Hash trail that led from London and Amsterdam overland to Nepal where, prior to the early1970s, hashish was legal and smoked freely in Nepal, India, Afghanistan, and Laos; marijuana and opium were sold openly in Hindu temples in India and much of Asia; and cannabis was widely cultivated in Nepal and Afghanistan for use in food, medicine, and cloth.
In documenting the stark contrasts of the ensuing years, the narrative examines the impact of the financial incentives awarded by international institutions such as the U.S. government to outlaw the cultivation of cannabis in Nepal and Afghanistan and to make hashish and opium illegal in Turkey—the demise of the U.S. "good old boy" dope network, the eruption of a violent criminal society, and the birth of a global black market for hard drugs—as well as the schemes smugglers employed to get around customs agents and various regulations.
The journey begins with the infamous Hippie Hash trail that led from London and Amsterdam overland to Nepal where, prior to the early1970s, hashish was legal and smoked freely in Nepal, India, Afghanistan, and Laos; marijuana and opium were sold openly in Hindu temples in India and much of Asia; and cannabis was widely cultivated in Nepal and Afghanistan for use in food, medicine, and cloth.
In documenting the stark contrasts of the ensuing years, the narrative examines the impact of the financial incentives awarded by international institutions such as the U.S. government to outlaw the cultivation of cannabis in Nepal and Afghanistan and to make hashish and opium illegal in Turkey—the demise of the U.S. "good old boy" dope network, the eruption of a violent criminal society, and the birth of a global black market for hard drugs—as well as the schemes smugglers employed to get around customs agents and various regulations.
From
the halcyon days of easily accessible drugs to years of government
intervention and a surging black market, this tale chronicles a former
drug smuggler’s 50-year career in the drug trade, its evolution into a
multibillion-dollar business, and the characters he met along the way.
The journey begins with the infamous Hippie Hash trail that led from
London and Amsterdam overland to Nepal where, prior to the early 1970s,
hashish was legal and smoked freely in Nepal, India, Afghanistan, and
Laos; marijuana and opium were sold openly in Hindu temples in India
and much of Asia; and cannabis was widely cultivated in Nepal and
Afghanistan for use in food, medicine, and cloth. In documenting the
stark contrasts of the ensuing years, the narrative examines the impact
of the financial incentives awarded by international institutions such
as the U.S. government to outlaw the cultivation of cannabis in Nepal
and Afghanistan and to make hashish and opium illegal in Turkey—the
demise of the U.S. "good old boy" dope network, the eruption of a
violent criminal society, and the birth of a global black market for
hard drugs—as well as the schemes smugglers employed to get around
customs agents and various regulations.
In 1973, Richard Nixon, and his recently established DEA, paid the King of Nepal (the late King Birendra) $50+ million dollars to make marijuana and hashish illegal in Nepal.
Over nite, he made an ordinary thing extra ordinary and a huge black market for hard drugs was created American foreign drug policy and marijuana prohibition has lead to hard core drug aught he created a criminal sociediction in Southeast Asia.
Nepalese Royal Family involvement in the Heroin trade. High Adventure hashish smuggling through the
kingdom of Nepal, Pakistan and India.
The second edition is 225 pages, includes four new chapters and 87 illustrations. Traces the 40 year career of the author in the Cannabis trade.