I wrote this book over fifteen years ago while being held at the Ministry of the Interior in Vientiane Laos. My only companion my typewriter. I relived my past and wrote this book. When I returned to the states I put the manuscript aside until a suitable time expired in order not to compromise anyone.
The purpose of this book is to not let anyone forget about life before the Drug War or the DEA, as well as the effects of American foreign drug policy on the countries of Southeast and Southwest Asia. In particular Nepal where cannabis had always been legal, in 1970 there was no opium grown, no opium smoking dens, no heroin produced, and no such thing as a Nepalese junkie. In 1973 Richard Nixon paid King Birendra “50 million dollars” to make hashish and marijuana illegal. Over night he created a criminal society, as well as a black market. $50 million 1973 dollars is a half billion today, yet today Nepal is eight times poorer and now a major transshipment point for Southwest Asian Heroin.
In this second edition I have included new chapters and have brought my life to a full circle by bringing it up to date. My only claim is that I am a General in Lord Shiva’s Ganja Army.