Investigative Journalist Nico Escondido whole heartily travels the insane and incredible path to the source of the half of the worlds hash.
The story starts, "The excursion started out like any other good hash-smuggling expedition, with a group of men who barely knew each other strapping wads of cash to ther torsos inside a van with tinted windows, en route to a tiny no-name airport in the south of Spain."
The worries and wonders he encounters during the trip inspires a strong desire for a similar adventure. With a need to conceal his obvious journalistic tools in his hostile environment, he walks the edge of disaster carefully.
Although the entrance to the area was stressful, the exit (with hash) requires extensive discomfort. One man was praised with, "He's our best smuggler, he can carry a kilo and a half in his stomach."
His stay at the boss's mansion was that of pure happiness and excitement. As he is informed he has permission to take pictures and utilize his full journalistic capabilities, the buyers rush excitedly towards the fields to study the different phenotypes.
Moroccan Hash is made from a genetically enhanced strain of marijuana specially engineered to produce a large quantity of quality hashish. Although the methods differ greatly from that of American and European methods; what they say is their secret to the taste.
The story itself is no doubt worth the cover price of the magazine.
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I love investigative journalism. I'm actually thinking of doing a piece for The Campus Voice.
ReplyDeleteIt is phenomenal work, what some people put into bringing a good story out into the public eye.
This article reminds me of some good times with my friend Nancy Botwin.
Very interesting piece. I believe it is a really nice piece of writing or story and allows for a good read.
ReplyDeleteA typical piece of gonzo journalism. Popularized by Hunter S. Thompson, he created journalistic masterpieces around exploits he created just for the sake of the story. This has been immortalized as well as popularized in the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
ReplyDeleteRolling Stone still features many stories conceived via gonzo journalism. I recently read one regarding the current marijuana/cocaine fueled drug war along the Mexican/American border whose violence often spills into Arizona and New Mexico. The reporter got so dangerously close to the head of the cartel that his life was frequently in danger. These reports are among the most fascinating in journalism in my opinion.
Wow what an interesting piece.
ReplyDeleteIt is very well written and extremely intersting to follow.
I truly liked the style of writing in the story format. So much of todays writing is these are the facts with no juicy details...great article!
Wow! Now this is the type of journalism that I admire. The truth: pure and simple!
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