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Aug 1, 1994 · The story of how Mark Young got a life sentence reveals a great deal about the emergence of the American heartland as the region where a vast amount of the nation's marijuana is now grown;...
Jan 1, 2003 · The book revolves around two figures: Mark Young of Indiana, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his relatively minor role in a marijuana deal; and Reuben Sturman, an enigmatic Ohio man who built and controlled a formidable pornography distribution empire before finally being convicted of tax evasion, after beating a string ...
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May 11, 2003 · Sam Sifton reviews book Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market by Eric Schlosser (M)
May 18, 2003 · Hashish to ashes. Fast Food Nation detailed a world ruled by the hamburger. No such international perspective enlightens Schlosser's messy new book on America's black economy, Reefer Madness....
'Reefer Madness' starts with the story of Mark Young, a man sentenced to life without parole for brokering a big pot deal in a state where rape gets you on average, eight years. He follows with the story of Harry J. Anslinger, the J. Edgar Hoover of drug enforcement. Young's a sleazy loser who gets a state-approved anvil dropped on his head.
Reefer Madness (originally made as Tell Your Children and sometimes titled The Burning Question, Dope Addict, Doped Youth, and Love Madness) is a 1936 American exploitation film about drugs, revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when high school students are lured by pushers to try marijuana – upon trying it, they become ...
The book revolves around two figures: Mark Young of Indiana, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his relatively minor role in a marijuana deal; and Reuben Sturman, an...
