Category Archives: Drugs

ROUGH ROAD by Peter Nolan Smith

December 11, 2011 – 4:50 am

Peru sucked in 1995. The capitol city Lima sucked even more. I had spent the better part of two days trying to score a bag of cocaine. The airport police had fingered me as a user. They weren’t wrong. An undercover squad had tailed my ventures into the slums. Their obvious presence had scared off [...]

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Victory At All Costs

November 27, 2011 – 1:32 pm

The GOP and its Tea Party constituents swept the Democrats from the House of representatives in the biggest shift of power in the 21st Century. I was greeted at work by the security guard, Andy, who boasted, “We had a revolution last night.” “Obama is the worst president in my lifetime,” another white man said [...]

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The Drug Of The Right

November 2, 2011 – 9:59 am

When I was in high school in the late-60s, I steadfastly refused marijuana on the grounds that it was illegal by law. A good friend was working in a drug store. We did reds, whites, and Ludes. They were FDA-approved drugs. My mindset was not much different from the present population of America addicted to [...]

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SKATING ON THIN ICE by peter nolan smith

September 27, 2011 – 9:06 am

 
The monsoons coincide with low season in Pattaya. Hotels offer special rates and the bargirls call everyone ‘sexy’. The fat, the bald, and the old. This season was shaping to be lower than a snake’s belly. The government’s repression of the ‘red-shirts’ and the global economic downswing had rewritten the Thai Tourist Board’s projection. [...]

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Viva Tony Montana

September 27, 2011 – 4:30 am

The USA is my homeland. I care about apple pie especially since no one can make it like my late mother. I also believe in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, which is why I live in Thailand most of the year. The life is good under the mango tree in my front yard. [...]

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