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Post by olmucky on Aug 6, 2024 20:10:38 GMT -5
Cool story Friend of mine grew up there. Apparnetly her family was one of the few not involved in it. But she knew them.
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Post by PolarsStepdad on Aug 6, 2024 20:29:41 GMT -5
Cocaine cowboys is a hell of a documentary
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Aug 6, 2024 20:33:44 GMT -5
A lot of this activity supposedly occurred throughout Florida.
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Post by ferris1248 on Aug 6, 2024 20:38:25 GMT -5
Never got into the coke biz.
Moved a good bit of crank and pot.
The coke bidness was scary
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Post by gardawg on Aug 6, 2024 20:39:12 GMT -5
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, to find that there was smuggling going on here in Florida.
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Post by TRTerror on Aug 6, 2024 20:44:20 GMT -5
Brings back many memories... I lived in Chokoloskee for 9 years and know every waterway that boat was driving on and all the family's involved. I did my Wet Work out of Ft. Lauderdale and points North. Bahamas was only 45 miles west... Should a been a Cowboy
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Post by whitebacon on Aug 6, 2024 20:47:14 GMT -5
A lot of this activity supposedly occurred throughout Florida. Where is this video that we can watch? I don't doubt it could very well be 100% true. I personally ran dope in Charlotte County. We did it in mullet boats. All weed, not coke. I could not have been more than 16, when I started. You get a rep, from a young age. A rep I don't regret, nor run from. So much dope was run through Florida, it would boggle your mind. I quit while I was ahead. Luckily.
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Post by whitebacon on Aug 6, 2024 20:55:22 GMT -5
Brings back many memories... I lived in Chokoloskee for 9 years and know every waterway that boat was driving on and all the family's involved. I did my Wet Work out of Ft. Lauderdale and points North. Bahamas was only 45 miles west... Should a been a Cowboy They arrested, like the entire town, back in the day. Good thing we both skated.
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Post by bswiv on Aug 7, 2024 3:10:37 GMT -5
"Square Grouper" is what the guys on tye snapper boats called it. Mayport wasn't like down there but not completely clean by a ways.
We were never involved but knew folks who were.
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Post by conchydong on Aug 7, 2024 4:38:44 GMT -5
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Post by anumber1 on Aug 7, 2024 4:55:34 GMT -5
A lot of this activity supposedly occurred throughout Florida. Where is this video that we can watch? I don't doubt it could very well be 100% true. I personally ran dope in Charlotte County. We did it in mullet boats. All weed, not coke. I could not have been more than 16, when I started. You get a rep, from a young age. A rep I don't regret, nor run from. So much dope was run through Florida, it would boggle your mind. I quit while I was ahead. Luckily. no statue of limitation on smuggling, had friend do time without being caught based on heresay years after the fact. wasn't too bad when Alcee Hastings was the district judge but when Kovachevich was put in charge things changed.
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Post by Captj on Aug 7, 2024 8:09:43 GMT -5
And now Trulieve has donated over 30 million to the legalization of week in Florida, and DeSatan's crew donated 12 million the other day. Funny thing is that DeSatan's donor is the Hemp industry. The same hemp industry that is producing high THC weed legally due to DeSatan's legislation allowing them to do so. This is legal smuggling by the state. Endorsed by our supposedly conservative government here. Regardless, the voters will decide come November and I think this time the people will win. I will say that the weed we smoked in the 60's was far more potent than the legal shit being sold now. How 'bout some good hash?
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Post by Captj on Aug 7, 2024 8:14:40 GMT -5
One more observation: Anybody who was involved in fishing back in the day knows people who were involved or who went away. When you multiply that by the number of coastal areas one can only imagine the amount of weed coming into the country in those days. I personally knew some Coasties who did ok for themselves while guarding our coast in the Keys and Miami.
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Post by cadman on Aug 7, 2024 8:16:25 GMT -5
I did not think recreational would get the 60% needed, but currently polling is showing 65% are in favor of it.
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Post by olmucky on Aug 7, 2024 8:18:03 GMT -5
And now Trulieve has donated over 30 million to the legalization of week in Florida, and DeSatan's crew donated 12 million the other day. Funny thing is that DeSatan's donor is the Hemp industry. The same hemp industry that is producing high THC weed legally due to DeSatan's legislation allowing them to do so. This is legal smuggling by the state. Endorsed by our supposedly conservative government here. Regardless, the voters will decide come November and I think this time the people will win. I will say that the weed we smoked in the 60's was far more potent than the legal shit being sold now. How 'bout some good hash? Amazing to me how much you guys know about weed. I’ll 100% betcha your right, desantis won’t win this time Hopefully he runs for senate if a seat is available. The country could use a guy like him to rihjt the wrongs
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