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“This is so well known to every good housewife in the country, that I shall not need to write any description of it” -Nicholas Culpepper, in The English Physician, 1778 The English Physician, by Nicholas Culpepper – 1778 “Hemp This Read More …
“The Marijuana Smoker” The Vidette Messenger, Indiana newspaper – July 19, 1940 Sign says “Pan-American Continence”, hat of smoker says Latin America and his bubble reads “Nazi Propaganda”…
“Testing Hashish in Kathmandu Shop” Nepal, March 1970
“Lady, Poya night, Devil dance, Lady like see?” It was our appoo (house servant) who spoke, I had commissioned him to a acquire all information concerning the holding of such rites, made up of barbarism, superstition and genuine Oriental occultism. Read More …
Tipalet tobacco ad 1970’s
“Hemp Harvest” with a axe in Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 1, 1937
“For every drug that benefits a patient, there is a natural substance that can achieve the same effect.” -Dr. Carl Pfeiffer Dr. Harry L. Williams (left) administers LSD to Dr. Carl Pfeiffer, chairman of Emory University’s Pharmacological Department, in 1955 Read More …
O, WOMEN, kneeling by your altar rails long hence, When songs I wove for my beloved hide the prayer, And smoke from this dead heart drifts through the violet air And covers away the smoke of myrrh and frankincense; Bend Read More …
Geisha “Enjoying a Morning Smoke”, Japan. early 1900’s
“A Cheyenne woman offering pipe to earth during a sun dance ceremony”, by Edward S. Curtis. 1910