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‘Demon Rum Leads To Heroin “And the last state of that man is worst than the first”‘ – Editorial cartoon showing ‘Uncle Sam’ bothered by Demon Rum and the various monsters of drug addition which follow him (laudanum, opium, cocaine, Read More …
‘Vanitas Still Life with a Bouquet and a Skull’ by Adriaen van Utrecht in 1642
‘Miniature Painting of Fakirs Preparing and Partaking in Bhang and Ganja’. India c.1750
‘Hemp workers’ engraving created by Lallemand and Levy, published in the ‘L’Illustration, journal universel’, Paris, France 1860
‘La Grande Odalisque’ by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1814 Chibouk pipe and incense box detail
“The Pied Piper of Peril!”, Detective Comics #143 – 1949
‘Dai nijūichi zu’ woodcut by Harunobu Suzuki in 1770 The print shows a woman using a ‘kenka kiseru’ or fighting pipe to beat a man who has been spying on her. The Japanese long pipes were often reinforced for use Read More …
‘The Devil’s Weed’ movie poster. The movie originally titled ‘Wild Weed’ was made to capitalize on Lila Leeds 1948 marijuana arrest with Robert Mitchum and was released with many names including ‘She Shoulda Said No!‘. 1949
Ancient Heavenly King Bust (One of four Buddhist gods who watch over each of the cardinal directions of the world) found in Japan: “This sculpture has been made by superimposing layers of soaked hemp lacquer: hemp can be woven ( lower Read More …
King Comics #45, 1936