New book by Mike Agar

[Stephen Guerin]

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

____________________________________________________________________
Stephen.Guerin at Redfish.com
www.Redfish.com
624 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
mobile: [phone]
office: Santa Fe, NM [phone] / London, UK [phone]

[Douglas Roberts-2]

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
>
> ____________________________________________________________________
> Stephen.Guerin at Redfish.com
> www.Redfish.com
> 624 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
> mobile: [phone]
> office: Santa Fe, NM [phone] / London, UK [phone]
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>

--
Doug Roberts, RTI International
droberts at rti.org
doug at parrot-farm.net
505-455-7333 - Office
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[Pamela McCorduck]

I say big congratulations too!  It goes onto my shopping list
immediately.

Pamela


On Oct 3, 2006, at 2:33 PM, Stephen Guerin 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
>
> ____________________________________________________________________
> Stephen.Guerin at Redfish.com
> www.Redfish.com
> 624 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
> mobile: [phone]
> office: Santa Fe, NM [phone] / London, UK [phone]
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>
>

"El diablo sabe mas por viejo que por diablo."?   (The devil knows more
from being old than from being a devil.)

                                Old Spanish proverb

[Michael Agar]

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
>
> ____________________________________________________________________
> Stephen.Guerin at Redfish.com
> www.Redfish.com
> 624 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
> mobile: [phone]
> office: Santa Fe, NM [phone] / London, UK [phone]
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>
>
>
> --
> Doug Roberts, RTI International
> droberts at rti.org
> doug at parrot-farm.net
> 505-455-7333 - Office
> 505-670-8195 - Cell
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org

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[Stephen Guerin]

Willie Nelson's recent public statement regarding being caught with a bag of
Marijuana:

"It's a good thing I had a bag of Marijuana instead of a bag of spinach. I'd be
dead by now."

-S

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Agar [mailto:magar at anth.umd.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 2:48 PM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] New book by Mike Agar
>
> 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 <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
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________
> Stephen.Guerin at Redfish.com
> <mailto:Stephen.Guerin at Redfish.com>
> www.Redfish.com
> 624 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
> mobile: [phone]
> office: Santa Fe, NM [phone] / London, UK
> [phone]
>
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at
> http://www.friam.org <http://www.friam.org>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Doug Roberts, RTI International
> droberts at rti.org
> doug at parrot-farm.net
> 505-455-7333 - Office
> 505-670-8195 - Cell
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>
>
>

[Douglas Roberts-2]

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
> >
> > ____________________________________________________________________
> > Stephen.Guerin at Redfish.com
> > www.Redfish.com
> > 624 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
> > mobile: [phone]
> > office: Santa Fe, NM [phone] / London, UK [phone]
> >
> >
> > ============================================================
> > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Doug Roberts, RTI International
> droberts at rti.org
> doug at parrot-farm.net
> 505-455-7333 - Office
> 505-670-8195 - Cell
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>
>

--
Doug Roberts, RTI International
droberts at rti.org
doug at parrot-farm.net
505-455-7333 - Office
505-670-8195 - Cell
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[Michael Agar]

Very, war stories from the drug war trenches.


On Oct 3, 2006, at 3:47 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote:

> 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
>>
>> ____________________________________________________________________
>> Stephen.Guerin at Redfish.com
>> www.Redfish.com
>> 624 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
>> mobile: [phone]
>> office: Santa Fe, NM [phone] / London, UK [phone]
>>
>>
>> ============================================================
>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Doug Roberts, RTI International
>> droberts at rti.org
>> doug at parrot-farm.net
>> 505-455-7333 - Office
>> 505-670-8195 - Cell
>> ============================================================
>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>
>
>
>
> --
> Doug Roberts, RTI International
> droberts at rti.org
> doug at parrot-farm.net
> 505-455-7333 - Office
> 505-670-8195 - Cell
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org

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[Douglas Roberts-2]

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:
>
> 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
> > >
> > > ____________________________________________________________________
> > > Stephen.Guerin at Redfish.com
> > > www.Redfish.com
> > > 624 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
> > > mobile: [phone]
> > > office: Santa Fe, NM [phone] / London, UK [phone]
> > >
> > >
> > > ============================================================
> > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Doug Roberts, RTI International
> > droberts at rti.org
> > doug at parrot-farm.net
> > 505-455-7333 - Office
> > 505-670-8195 - Cell============================================================
> >
> > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
> >
> >
> >
> > ============================================================
> > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Doug Roberts, RTI International
> droberts at rti.org
> doug at parrot-farm.net
> 505-455-7333 - Office
> 505-670-8195 - Cell
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>
>

--
Doug Roberts, RTI International
droberts at rti.org
doug at parrot-farm.net
505-455-7333 - Office
505-670-8195 - Cell
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