Her husband, 57, spent eight years - 1982 to 1990 - behind bars for conspiracy to import marijuana.

He told one reporter: "All of a sudden they're accusing me of conspiracy to import marijuana and cocaine.

Hemming was convicted by a Miami jury of conspiracy to import marijuana.

When authorities moved in on their growing operation at a small farm in Clay County, Kansas, they began importing marijuana from Mexico.

The author's note on the book jacket reports that in 1982 Mr. Stratton "was arrested, convicted and sentenced for conspiracy to import marijuana and hashish.

The increased cost of importing marijuana stimulated domestic production, which rose 10 percent from 1982 to 1986, by Government estimates.

The BA profits by importing heroin, cocaine and marijuana into the United States from Mexico.

Richard Stratton, another of the film's producers and writers, is a novelist and journalist who served eight years in a Federal penitentiary for importing marijuana.

His heavy involvement in drug trafficking included importing marijuana from Colombia and dealing in large quantities of cocaine.

In March 1968, Lane was charged with importing marijuana into Australia.