Donnie clark biography myakka gold
Donnie clark biography myakka gold
Donnie Clark: Myakka City marijuana legend turned backyard ......
The legend of Myakka Gold marijuana and its impact on Florida law
Donnie Clark wouldn't mind getting out of Bradenton. Traffic's terrible, and what's become of people, anyway?
One morning a few months ago, just as the sun was rising, he was sitting on his porch when a couple of guys in masks attacked him, broke his nose and stole his money.
That never would have happened in federal prison.
"I think about going back every day," Clark said.
Clark was serving a life sentence in Terre Haute, Indiana, for conspiracy to grow marijuana back in the 1980s.
He loved it there. The place had a salad bar, he read constantly and the younger inmates showed respect.
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He didn't even have to leave his family behind: For several years, he was cellmates with his son Duane, also in prison on marijuana charges.
One day in 2001, Clark was standing in the courtyard when someone tapped him on the shoulder.
Good news, they said, you're going home. In his last official act in office President Clinton co