[FRIAM] New book by Mike Agar

[Douglas Roberts]

Well, that's it then:  I'm buying a copy.  You can buy the next round.

Cheers,
--Doug

On 10/3/06, Michael Agar <magar at anth.umd.edu> wrote:
>
> Very, war stories from the drug war trenches.
>
> On Oct 3, 2006, at 3:47 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
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> So, Mike.  Just how autobiographical is the book?
>
> ;-}
>
> --Doug
>
> On 10/3/06, Michael Agar <magar at anth.umd.edu > wrote:
> >
> > Thanks guys. Soon to be featured on remainder tables in a convenience
> > store near you.
> >
> > On Oct 3, 2006, at 12:40 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
> >
> > Wow, that's cool!  Congrats, Mike!
> >
> > --Doug
> >
> > On 10/3/06, Stephen Guerin <stephen.guerin at redfish.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey, I just noticed on Amazon that Mike's new book is out!
> > > http://tinyurl.com/ogn79
> > >
> > > Book Description:
> > > Dope Double Agent is a war on drugs story, one that starts in the 60s
> > > and only
> > > ends with the last lines of the book. More than this, it is the story
> > > of a young
> > > Berkeley student--and occasional drug user--who turns into an insider
> > > expert in
> > > the drug war with a personal agenda to subvert and correct it. He
> > > checks in as a
> > > heroin patient, works the streets of New York, dips into worlds of PCP
> > > and LSD,
> > > and seeks the sources of crack, heroin and ecstasy. The delusions of
> > > the
> > > experts, the public and the politicians amaze him and make him think
> > > the double
> > > agent job will be easy. Instead it is impossible. He fails,
> > > spectacularly so on
> > > such hallowed ground as the National Academy of Sciences and the
> > > National
> > > Institutes of Health. Come behind the scenes and watch the drug policy
> > > emperor
> > > march along for decades thinking he wears a new suit of clothes.
> > >
> > > It looks like it is a little cheaper on Lulu Press.
> > > http://tinyurl.com/eqlku
> > >
> > > -Steve
> > >
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Doug Roberts, RTI International
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