Word: marijuana
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unknown to Chip Carter, now 30, law enforcement officials were getting ready to stage a major drug bust in the Panama City vicinity that very night. Because of its isolated beaches, tree-lined inlets and intricate inland canal system, the resort area had become an important entry point for marijuana smuggled from Colombia...
From an informant, U.S. Customs Service officials had learned that as much as four tons of high-grade Colombian marijuana was due to arrive that night aboard the 48-ft. trimaran Two-Too Much and would be sent ashore in smaller boats. Elaborate plans were laid to catch the smugglers in the act. Planes of the Customs Service were to circle overhead, shining powerful spotlights on the scene below. Patrol boats would be cruising near each of the three suspected drug transfer sites. Hidden on shore would be heavily armed local, state and federal officers...
...kinds of women dominate the book: those, like Bailey, who are protective mother figures or good witches, and those who resemble childhood playmates. Mary Sanchez is a professional cleaning woman whom Capote accompanies as she makes her rounds of Manhattan apartments. Both writer and domestic get high on marijuana, music and laughter, but are brought down when one of Mary's clients unexpectedly returns home...
...characters they play in their latest film, spaced out low riders in search of women, drugs and a good time. But their tan, Hollywood looks cannot hide their passion for pot and they, as cultural heroes for millions of fryheads, are quick to offer counsel on the subject of marijuana...
...markets are always opening up; in the last decade, dope has starred in a number of movies. Rarely has it played a bigger role than in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie, the touching story of three men, half a dozen women, and a duffle bag of marijuana...