Bongwater (film) . Based on the 1995 book of the same name by Michael Hornburg , the film is set in Portland , Oregon , and follows an aspiring artist and marijuana dealer and his relationship with a tempestuous woman he meets through a client . Bongwater (novel) . Utilizing two different narrative perspectives , it follows a drug dealer and his counterculture friends in Portland , Oregon , as well as his tempestuous ex-girlfriend who has fled to New York City after the dissolution of their short-lived relationship .
Bongwater follows the story of a heroine dealer.