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Acapulco Gold
It had to happen sooner or later. Government reports progressively stated that marijuana was not only not addictive but possession should be downgraded from a felony to a misdemeanor and finally that it was little worse than liquor, if indeed it was worse at all.
But when the President-elect of the United States discreetly let it be known to a major campaign contributor (who just happened to own a huge tobacco company) that he planned to legalize marijuana after his inauguration, the race was on. Could Coronet Tobacco Company take advantage of its knowledge of impending legislation to be the first on the market?
The potential stakes made even the billion-dollar tobacco business look small by comparison. The market for a legal marijuana cigarette would include millions of consumers of liquor, tranquilizers, and cigarettes, as well as the huge illegal underground market among the young, which had already made hundreds of pushers rich.
But the penalties were also great. Selling marijuana was against the law and anyone trying to be first on the market was taking the risk of getting caught with illegal marijuana on hand before legalization. And what would happen if under political pressure the President-elect broke his promise?
ACAPULCO GOLD is the fast-paced story of the selling of the first marijuana cigarette. It is an inside look at the advertising agency and the creative director who handled the account, Michael Evans, who was to be torn between the exciting campaign that would make history and his fears that, reports to the contrary, he was actually selling a dangerous drug.
But when the President-elect of the United States discreetly let it be known to a major campaign contributor (who just happened to own a huge tobacco company) that he planned to legalize marijuana after his inauguration, the race was on. Could Coronet Tobacco Company take advantage of its knowledge of impending legislation to be the first on the market?
The potential stakes made even the billion-dollar tobacco business look small by comparison. The market for a legal marijuana cigarette would include millions of consumers of liquor, tranquilizers, and cigarettes, as well as the huge illegal underground market among the young, which had already made hundreds of pushers rich.
But the penalties were also great. Selling marijuana was against the law and anyone trying to be first on the market was taking the risk of getting caught with illegal marijuana on hand before legalization. And what would happen if under political pressure the President-elect broke his promise?
ACAPULCO GOLD is the fast-paced story of the selling of the first marijuana cigarette. It is an inside look at the advertising agency and the creative director who handled the account, Michael Evans, who was to be torn between the exciting campaign that would make history and his fears that, reports to the contrary, he was actually selling a dangerous drug.
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First published January 1, 1974
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Edwin Corley
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Edwin Ray Corley was born on October 22nd, 1931, in Bayonne, New Jersey, and passed away on November 7th, 1981, in Gulfport, Mississippi. During the intervening 50 years, his career varied from that of an underage Air Force staff sergeant to a carnival fire-eater to a vice-president of a leading advertising agency.
Edwin Ray Corley was born on October 22nd, 1931, in Bayonne, New Jersey, and passed away on November 7th, 1981, in Gulfport, Mississippi. During the intervening 50 years, his career varied from that of an underage Air Force staff sergeant to a carnival fire-eater to a vice-president of a leading advertising agency.
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April 25, 2013
They totally wimped out in the end. That is so not a spoiler!
July 28, 2019
No es un libro nuevo, pero plantea un tema q estos días vuelve a estar de actualidad: la legalización de la marihuana. Aquí se plantea como algo malo, xq uno de los personajes es hija de un tabacalero pro legalización, pero ella ha sido adicta así esta en contra.
Hoy en día, se ha encontrado q la planta cannabis tiene uso medicinal y así las cosas creo q es interesante hablar del tema. Aunq hay q tener en cuenta q, el uso indebido, puede seguir costando vidas.
Aunq como dije, es un libro viejito, y no me gustó particularmente, creo q no está demás leerlo, al menos como referencia.
Hoy en día, se ha encontrado q la planta cannabis tiene uso medicinal y así las cosas creo q es interesante hablar del tema. Aunq hay q tener en cuenta q, el uso indebido, puede seguir costando vidas.
Aunq como dije, es un libro viejito, y no me gustó particularmente, creo q no está demás leerlo, al menos como referencia.
January 1, 2020
An OK read for a slow weekend
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