Agents of Chaos: Thomas King Forçade, High Times, and the Paranoid End of the 1970s

The life and times of High Times’ enigmatic founder Thomas King Forçade, an underground newspaper editor and marijuana kingpin who—between police raids, smuggling runs, and outrageous stunts—battled both the US government and fellow radicals.

Cover illustration by legendary comics artist Bill Sienkiewicz.

At the end of the 1960s, the mysterious Tom Forçade suddenly appeared, insinuating himself into the top echelons of countercultural politics and assuming control of the Underground Press Sy...