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National Geographic Channel chose Eddie's story to feature on "Locked Up Abroad." The episode first aired May 22, 2013 - "An American hippie turns cocaine smuggler to save his relationship and ends up in a Peruvian hell." In the episode entitled "Hippie Mafia," Eddie Padilla is living the 'high life' in Maui, surfing, partying and drug smuggling to support his cocaine addiction. But a run-in with the Peruvian police on a smuggling trip lands him and two friends in a prison called 'The House of the Devil.' The guards say they expect them to try to escape, but if they don't make it ' they are killed. Even so, they decide to do whatever it takes to get out. Eddie shares his story of being Locked Up Abroad and the terrifying events that led to his freedom. http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/locked-up-abroad/episodes/hippie-mafia/
Mindful of his turning point, Ed has dedicated his life to practice, service and protection of others and their families. He has always stuck up for his values with action. Ed has told his spine-tingling tale of misadventure in South America, and now is ready to present his own personal story of the inception and adventures of the Brotherhood in their early daze in Laguna Beach. The cast of "usual suspects," included notorious trickster and raconteur Timothy Leary. They say "if you were there you don't remember it," but some things are seared into the soul indelibly, and Ed does, indeed, remember his organic roots and days as a pirate adventurer.
These days of medical cannabis, cannabis legalization, cannabis cuisine, and recognition of psychedelic therapy provide a measure of vindication for the youthful idealism expressed by these psychedelic pioneers. What the future holds, who knows?
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