Being passionate about everything related to cannabis, he associated with his friend Shantibaba in 1998, lending one of his alias to name the seed bank, Mr. Nice became a famous activist for the legalization of cannabis, giving speeches all around the globe and even stood as a candidate in the British elections. After Howard's literary success, a movie based on the book was made in 2010, although, as happens often, it only offered a quick look at Howard's awesome adventures.Īfter being released from jail, Mr. In 1996, Howard published an autobiography which quickly became a best-seller, with more than 1 milion units sold and translated into ten languages. Thanks to his model behaviour and the aid he gave to other inmates, Howard got off parole in 1995. Nice, a true legend in the cannabis worldįinally, he was arrested by the DEA in 1988 and got a 25-year sentence in the Terre Haute federal prison, Indiana, which was known for being really tough. One of his techniques was using international tours of music bands like Pink Floyd to hide the drug inside the loudspeakers. He had connections with groups like IRA, CIA or MI6 while he was smuggling tons of cannabis and hashish. Nice was just one of the 43 alias used by Howard, who had 89 telephone lines and 25 different societies at the peak of his career. Later on, he specialized in international drug trafficking, standing out as a peaceful and wise smuggler - which helped him to avoid tight situations in different occasions. He was graduated in nuclear physics and philosophy from the University of Oxford, in which he started to smoke cannabis. Nice The amazing story of Howard MarksĪ descendent of pirate Henry Morgan, Howard Marks was born in 1945 in the small village of Kengin Hill, south Wales. The cannabis world mourns the death of this unique character. He died peacefully, surrounded by the love of his 4 children.

Howard died of an inoperable bowel cancer diagnosed in 2014 on Sunday 10th of April, 2016 at the age of 70. Sadly, today - Monday - we rose reading about the death of the famous activist Howard Marks aka Mr.

Mr. Nice by Howard Marks