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Honor Thy Father: The Saga Of A Drug Smugglers Son Clyde Walton Cobb might not have been the best father figure, but he was a hell of a pot smuggler. Between 1977 and 1981, Cobb, who used a suntan oil business as a front, and along with a group of “saltwater cowboys,” generated $300 million by smuggling marijuana from Cartegena, Colombia to the rivers and swamps of the Florida panhandle with a vast network of airplanes and shrimp boats.
Inside Sunburn Cannabis’ headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Cobb shows off a photo of his father, wearing shorts and a Rolex while smiling next to an 800-pound swordfish. A giant American flag covers one wall, a few hot pink Make America Great Again hats speckle a desk, and two weapons are in reach—a bazooka and a Super Soaker. Sunburn is a good-ol’-boy cannabis brand, not the woke, politically correct corporate kind preaching about how marijuana is “Nature’s medicine.” Sunburn’s ethos is far more personal: Only in America could the son a drug smuggler exceed his father’s wildest dreams.
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