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The Crows of Sunset Park: The true tale of the Angel of the Lord who survives as a Ganjawalla in the Heart of Babylon (Los Angeles)
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 4 2026
Pages: 300
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
THE CROWS OF SUNSET PARK
A Memoir of Cannabis, Karma, and the broken promises that burned the American Dream
Santa Monica, 4:20 AM.
The fog rolls off the Pacific Ocean and the Crow family gathers as the fire in the Santa Monica Mountains rages through the Pacific Palisades. Odin, the one-eyed crow watches the lone figure on the deck. Jason Detamore is typing-capturing a life that defies the rules, breaks the vows, and burns the bridges. Raised in the ancient Vedic traditions as a modern Jedi within the ashrams of the Hare Krishna movement and groomed to be a spiritual warrior, Detamore did not become a subservient monk as planned. He became a Ganjawalla-a master of the cannabis trade and the reason that Jesus burned down the Pacific Palisades in January 2025.
For two decades, he walked the jagged line between high-stakes smuggling and spiritual devotion, believing in the sanctity of his work and the promise of the coming Ganja revolution. He was the Joe Kennedy of Cannabis and helped build an empire on the foundations of advocacy and Ganja smuggling, only to realize too late that in the heart of Babylon (Los Angeles) the game was rigged in favor of the predators. The true story of the Angel of the Lord trapped in the Heart of Babylon a man who flew too close to the sun and found out that what goes up must come down and that the Lord exacts a terrible price from those who betray his favorite son. A rare glimpse into the Unseen Hand that tips the scale in favor of the predators.
The Crows of Sunset Park is the raw, unflinching account of the Grace Medical Cannabis Pharmacy-a family-run cannabis empire systematically dismantled by corporate criminals, the celebrities that tool for them, corrupt politicians and a justice system that favors the predator over the dreamer at every step. From the foothills of the Afghanistan hashish trade to the burning hills of the Santa Monica Mountains, Detamore tracks the rise and fall of a modern pioneer betrayed by the very movement he helped create. Equal parts confession and indictment, this is the story of a man who tried to find God in the smoke-only to watch everything turn to ash.
Jason Detamore is the founder of American Dream Party and the author of the American Fiscal Regeneration Act.
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