George Jung

George Jung

His life was made famous by being the subject of the movie "Blow", but his life was infamous for being the largest drug trafficker in the United States during the 1970s. This is the life of "Boston George", George Jung.

George Jung was born August 6, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was raised in the city of Weymouth, where his father operated his own business. It was said that from an early age George always had his ambition to succeed at no matter what he done. At some point in his childhood, his father's business went belly-up and George's father had a hard time earning a living for his family. His mother took this extremely hard and would often have breakdowns and leave them for a while, only to return a short time later. It was during this period of his life George made a decision to never allow himself become poor or let his life deteriorate like his parents.

During the 60's George and his best buddy "Tuna" pack up and move to California where the "new-age"/"hippy" scene has just started. It is here where George meets his girlfriend, and has his first introduction to drugs. Both of them being unemployed, "Tuna" suggests that they make money by selling marijuana. He is later introduced to a small time local pot supplier, and George and Tuna become very successful selling locally, literally amazed by the profits they reap from so little physical work. When an old buddy of theirs pays a visit, he informs them of the quality of their product and how much it sells for back east. The connection is made and George arranges for a stewardess to fly east with two suitcases of drugs and back west with the cash. By buying it at a low price of $60 per Kilo and selling it $300, it isn't long before they are rolling in cash, but Georges ambition tells him that he is capable of more.

Soon he begins to cut out the middle-man and flies to mexico in search of the source. After spending two weeks in Mexico they are about to give up when they meet an American girl who sets them up with a Mexican general and his son who happen to be weed farmers. They start off the buy stealing planes and flying back and forth to Mexico themselves, but eventually their profits begin exceeding $100,000 a month and they hire private pilots.