{"product_id":"howard-marks-book-of-dope-stories","title":"The Howard Marks' Book Of Dope Stories","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSince 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 and smoked to see God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNatural 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 and chaos, they have also been praised for opening minds and expanding consciousness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWorshipped and demonised, venerated and chastised, force-fed and forbidden. Every society has had its intoxicant, be it sacrament or scourge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey have also become irreversibly interwoven with politics, sex, business, religion, and rock and roll, providing writers, whether emerging from the ancient classical world or the street laboratory of today, with both inspiration and challenge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime trip, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Howard Marks Book of Dope Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e includes his favourite drugs writings from Alexander Dumas to Aleister Crowley via Hunter S. Thompson and Charles Baudelaire, as well as unpublished works and many New and compelling pieces from Mr Nice himself.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44276696056065,"sku":"2G73GX4G2-Used","price":150.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/HowardMarks.jpg?v=1628326845","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/howard-marks-book-of-dope-stories","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}