Mr. Nasty: A Confession

Mr. Nasty charts the rise, fall, and ultimate redemption of a one-time player in the global narcotics business.

From his humble beginnings in East London, Cameron White rapidly rose in the London club scene of the 1980s and early 1990s. After his initial spectacular success as a drug dealer—and an embarrassment of cash—he fell foul of notorious London criminals, the Doherty brothers, and was forced to flee to North America. There he climbed aboard a cocaine-fueled roller coaster, which carried him from dealing with psychotic, crack-dealing Jamaican gangsters in New York to West Coast power meetings for a Hollywood talent agency.

Returning to London, White managed to stay clean for a while, but a chemical vacation in Thailand set him back on the path to self-destruction, as he smoked marijuana with dope smugglers, sampled the new wave of super-amphetamines, and returned to London a heroin addict. Another attempt to get clean in London was followed by a trip to Australia, where he once again found himself in the murky world of substance abuse, as well as in cahoots with the murderous Triad gangs. At last, he succeeded in pulling himself out of the mire of addiction and began the slow journey to recovery.