Since the Stone Age drugs have been sniffed to induce sleep mixed to cure ills swallowed to stimulate creativity snorted to increase sexuality popped for the hell of it & smoked to see God. Natural or synthesized they have been smuggled for all kinds of reasons from saving the world to becoming stinking rich. Blamed for deaths wars suicides collapses of governments multiple crashes individual crises anarchy & chaos they have also been praised for opening minds & expanding consciousness. Worshipped & demonised venerated & chastised force-fed & forbidden. Every society has had its intoxicant be it sacrament or scourge. They have also become irreversibly interwoven with politics sex business religion & rock & roll providing writers whether emerging from the ancient classical world or the street laboratory of today with both inspiration & challenge. An unforgettable once-in-a-lifetime trip The Howard Marks Book of Dope Stories
Includes:: his favourite drugs writings from Alexander Dumas to Aleister Crowley via Hunter S. Thompson & Charles Baudelaire as well as unpublished works & many new & compelling pieces from Mr Nice himself.