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

Located on the left bank of the Chao Phraya 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 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 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-1970s, the vast majority of marijuana consumed in the United States was imported, and there was little to no domestic production.

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Book Details

Author: Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0231161344
ISBN-13: 978-0231161343
Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds