Thai Stick : Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade /
Located 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 1970s, it became a modern Casablanca to a new gene...
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New York, NY :
Columbia University Press,
[2013]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Maps
- 1. Surfers, Scammers, and the Counterculture
- 2. The Hippie Trail
- 3. Kuta Beach
- 4. Thai Sticks
- 5. Pattaya Beach Ground Zero
- 6. The Great Circle Route and the Sea of Grass
- 7. The Gold Rush
- 8. Pirates and Perils
- 9. Multitons and Mother Ships
- 10. The DEA Gains Ground
- 11. Confidential Informant
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index