In celebration of the coming one year anniversary of Thailand completely de-criminalizing cannabis, and the culture that has grown since then, I'm posting this piece I originally wrote in 2020.
Peter, I never wrote that I read your book, only abstracts of it and was only reacting to the Idea that Surfers were wandering Thailand, I didn't qoute nor mis-qoute you and as far as photo credit is concerned I had nothing to do with chosing the photos for that article, you should contact the publication that originally published it, as cited at the begining of this reprint.
John, you obviously did not read our book Thai Stick very closely. The surfers who were instrumental in the early part of the trade were in Bali. After the surf season ended, the went to Thailand to do scams. If you are going to use other peoples' photos, at least give them credit. Photos 2 and 5 by Mike Ferguson (RIP).
Peter, I never wrote that I read your book, only abstracts of it and was only reacting to the Idea that Surfers were wandering Thailand, I didn't qoute nor mis-qoute you and as far as photo credit is concerned I had nothing to do with chosing the photos for that article, you should contact the publication that originally published it, as cited at the begining of this reprint.
John, you obviously did not read our book Thai Stick very closely. The surfers who were instrumental in the early part of the trade were in Bali. After the surf season ended, the went to Thailand to do scams. If you are going to use other peoples' photos, at least give them credit. Photos 2 and 5 by Mike Ferguson (RIP).