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Source/Further reading:
Mr Nice: The Incredible Story of an Unconventional Life, by Howard Marks
https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Mr_Nice.html?id=vT_TNsre6YEC&redir_esc=y
Craig Lovato's investigations
https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/32594/1/meeting-the-dea-agent-who-tracked-howard-marks-for-decades
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/archive/howardmarks.html
Structuring Mr. Nice: Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Brokerage Positioning in the Cannabis Trade
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.464.3579&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Rogue Males: Richard Burton, Howard Marks and Sir Richard Burton, by Rob Walters
https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Rogue_Males_Richard_Burton_Howard_Marks.html?id=2A8jMbBb81oC&redir_esc=y
Other general Bios:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/21/my-dad-mr-nice-amber-marks-howard-marks https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/10/howard-marks-dies-aged-70 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/11/howard-marks-obituary
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/former-drug-smuggler-howard-marks-11166469
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-34465454
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-34516293
http://www.organized-crime.de/revmar01.htm
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/mafia-ira-dozens-aliases-americas-11166778
https://www.scribd.com/book/195522866
https://time.com/4290174/howard-marks-obituary-drug-trade/
Ties with the IRA
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/how-mr-nice-got-helping-hand-from-ira-pretender-26685719.html
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@theswiv Says:
Folk hero
@SMOKINGROOVE Says:
I miss Howard.
@samsarastarkey Says:
A truly nice guy, RIP.
What an absolutely horrible organisation the DEA is.
@briandoss9232 Says:
Yeah... drugs are this whole thing...
@juri_xiii9977 Says:
Howard Marks was a SuperGrass if there ever was one... This guy snitched on his friends..
@AGalahcalledSammi Says:
I was reading Mr Nice on the train.
A older lady saw the title and started asking me about the book when I explained the subject matter she politely moved seats. The book it self was bound out of sequence meaning that you got so far and had to go looking for the next page.
@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185 Says:
I grew the Mr Nice Hash Plant for years. Tasted like chocolate. Cuts of that pheno are still going around the hills now in my neck of the woods
@scoobydoingyourmum7899 Says:
It's funny how a drug smuggler is the most famous person from where I live
@ilduce5874 Says:
@9:17 JKF Airport. BAHAHAHAHA
@danstubbs4550 Says:
Saw his speaking tour years ago. Great night, absolute legend.
@nicolaihilckmann4677 Says:
Amsterdam during the '90s was a rather interesting time
@d4fm4n Says:
Iconic Welshman.
@rinzo2009 Says:
Now here's a guy that I can call a true Gentleman.
The Gentlemen Of Cali should have taken notes from him.
@JammyGit Says:
Aaaahh....Mr Nice.....It's no coincidence that the so called hash that you see around today is so poor in quality that it doesn't work and is more like boot polish mixed with a bit of sugar 😆
But back in the 80s and into the early 90s most of the hash in England was most likely from the tons of hash that he brought over 😉
The man is a legend in my eyes, and yeh, the book is very good - I bought it to read on a holiday in Majorca many years ago. I had no idea that he lived there too and I remember reading about that and hoped that I'd bump into him over there, that would have been weird 😆😎
@maxpayne2574 Says:
I was a mid-level drug dealer, far in the past, all the higher-ups were nice people far from the violent fictional drug lords. The most violent gang are the police shooting unarmed people in the back and ruining lives for possession of small amounts of drugs.
@chrisking544 Says:
I was lucky enough to meet Howard Marks twice, a lovely friendly man indeed. I once sat with him in his caravan backstage at Glastonbury for a smoke and a chat. Then met him again years later at Camp Bestival, he told me they had asked him to read stories in the children's tent, you couldn't make it up. But he did the gig and as usual surpassed himself. Weirdly I still miss him!
@hygher Says:
When you get a Nat 20 on a Charisma check
@Yupppi Says:
Somehow I got a giggle when I entered video expecting mafia type drug dealing and then "cannabis drug lord". It's so difficult to imagine in 2022 that cannabis is drug lord stuff.
@kanekochera57 Says:
Weed should be legal
@shadara5370 Says:
George Carlin would be a great bio episode. Please!!!!
@bobbun9630 Says:
"...the wholesomeness of natural drugs" Is that what's motivating the kids these days?
@cedriclee7110 Says:
what is that last quote? he says he never encountered a drug that makes you want to kill or rape people? didnt lsd give him suicidal thoughts and make him fire an air gun at someone?
@jasondavidwilliams Says:
Wales favourite son. The truth is often stranger than fiction. What a dude.
@adamm8184 Says:
I was a nice ass drug dealer but people take advantage of that
@Al3x1066 Says:
video starts at 1:05
@hullinstruments Says:
As a proud American, One time drug attic but now 15 years sober……there’s a good chance each and every agent from the USA is infinitely more evil and sadistic than this guy and his associates ever could’ve been
@danielclark-hughes692 Says:
"Coup de Grass"
Whoever came up with that needs a pay rise 😂
@jeffengland9913 Says:
a man before his time.
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@bettyswallocks6411 Says:
Hmmm… same college as Gislane Maxwell and Bozo the Wonderclown.
@SANTI--ez9nw Says:
Love the play on words with the "Coup de Grass" jajaja (Coup d'tat)
@lynettegraves6261 Says:
Wow! Fascinating guy! Never heard of him before and now I want that book
@emlix1 Says:
I met Howard once at Pure in Edinburgh. Nice bloke. Very stoned.
@unoriginalsyn Says:
I believe Lord Moynihan was murdered in the Philippines a few years ago because of his drug connections
@stevenjones4295 Says:
Seen two of Howard's talks back in the day, absolute legend, Mr Nice is my favourite autobiography, well worth reading.
@patkearney9320 Says:
Once the Americans got involved it was checkmate Howard was fxxked just like the kinahans are fxxked. Once the Yankees get your number it's over.
@patkearney9320 Says:
Met Howard twice in the 80s he was sharp wise and open helpful and wise, he hated hard violent men. I wish I had of taken his advice. RIP Mr nice. Eire32
@chandrikahemakasenalrankot8812 Says:
Bad influence towards society’s fabric.
@beginnereasy Says:
Still have all my hair at 35, same hairline as highschool
@JonniePolyester Says:
Had the very great pleasure of DJing with Howard at the TimeOut 30th birthday bash at Brixton Academy in 1998 & sharing a dressing room! I can confirm he was a very affable and friendly guy! 😊❤️👍
@ljphoenix4341 Says:
The fact that he was released after only 4 years in prison, after being sentenced for 25 years is absolutely crazy! Wow.
@peteranddorothybowles5428 Says:
How many kids died after using his weed as a gateway drug Loads i would think
@stinkeye460 Says:
You didn't loose yer hair Simon, it just decided to grown a bit lower. I started shaving my head when I noticed it was getting thin on top. Now I'm more like an American Sean Connery. I can still make a young girl blush and an old woman squeal. When it comes to vodka, I only drink the high quality stuff when eating caviar Russian style. I'm a single malt man.
@jamiesoulsby4523 Says:
Can you do Egill Skallagrímsson
@rocketamadeus3730 Says:
Alcoholism slams shut the door that LSD opens. He was probably already dependent on alcohol and that may have contributed to his bad experience.
@chasekeen592 Says:
You should do a biographic of Carl Clauburg the nazi sterilization doctor
@KellysCanoeing Says:
You should do a video on Russell Brothers, from Nashville TN
@LorienInksong Says:
Really baffled that alcohol is legal and cannabis isn't. If the UK can ever be convinced its a huge economic boon
@handyash127 Says:
Had the pleasure of meeting him a few times in Spain he was an absolute gent
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