In Sight of a Drug Bust, 1963
‘Drug bust in San Francisco. Agent Matt O’Connor aims his gun at suspects.’ San Francisco, California October 3, 1963
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Suitcase Full of Smuggled Marijuana, 1940’s
‘Detective Lieutenants R.S. Hamilton, E.J. Henry, and E.C. Biffle with suspect Adolfo Campos and a suitcase full of smuggled marijuana’, Los Angeles, California – Early 1940’s
Narcotic Arsenal, 1957
‘Deputy Sheriff Earl Talbot and Deputy Sheriff Woody Caruth posing with arsenal taken from home in a narcotic raid.’ Los Angeles, California May 13, 1957
This Yards Gone to Pot, 1935
“A San Franciscan was scheduled to go into court today to explain why he was growing marijuana in the front yard of his home. Rinaldo Gotti was arrested by State Narcotic Inspector Bernard Blonder and Agents Ed Oliva and William Read More …
Six Bags of Marijuana, 1969
‘Frank J. Long, custom agent with six bags of confiscated marijuana’, in San Francisco, California October 16, 1969
Handmade Waterpipe, 1967
‘Woman customer holding a handmade, copper and glass marijuana water pipe at a shop’ in Los Angeles, California 1967
Custom Transport, 1969
U.S. Customs agents transport a car filled with seized marijuana during ‘Operation Intercept’. San Diego, California 1969 U.S. Customs agents unload seized marijuana in a storage vault during ‘Operation Intercept’, San Diego, California 1969 ‘cache of confiscated marijuana is removed Read More …
Reagan’s Symbolic Raid, 1966
Newly elected California Governor Ronald Reagan ordered a symbolic raid on the ‘Psychedelic Shop’ on Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco to make good on his campaign promise to crack down on the ‘hippie movement’. Hoping to find drugs none were found Read More …
Everybody Runs, 1977
‘Everybody runs as big drug bust goes down’ in the 500 block of Haight Street in San Francisco, California November 4, 1977
Would You Like to Talk Drugs, 1972
‘Would You Like To Talk Drugs’, the DARIC (drug abuse reference information center) desk at the Riverside public library, California summer 1972 “One father, disturbed by his daughters interest in marijuana, spent several hours reading articles gathered on the drug. Read More …