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Raiding Humboldt A botched narcotics raid on a cloudy Humboldt afternoon in 1972 would forever escalate the war on drugs. Dirk Dickenson and his girlfriend Judy Arnold enjoyed their off grid homesteaded on Pratt mountain in Humboldt County, California. Their Read More …
‘Wild man and woman in a garden’, Hemp textile with silk and wool thread. Basel (Rhine valley), France c.1440
Workers called “Garzuler” hand break the village’s hemp crop. Carmagnola, Italy 1930’s
“Hemp for smoking “diamba” Wrapped in leaves of banana. Smoke small leaves around the seed.” Angola, Africa July 25, 1890 Cobbed cannabis is a ancient technique originating from Africa to cure marijuana. After chopping the harvest and briefly Read More …
‘Portrait of a hippie surrounded by marijuana plants’ in Kathmandu, Nepal 1971
Taima Shukaku (Hemp Harvest) by Tomoyuki Shimizu in Japan 1929
‘Three generations of Appen with spinning wheel’. Appen, Germany 1913
‘RVN National Police seize marijuana plants in the Mekong Delta. Some of the seized material was burned, while the remainder was transported to the city of Chau Doc.’ Vietnam 1970
‘Odalisque and Slave’ Painted by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres in 1842
By God, bravo, hashish! It stirs deep meanings. Do not pay attention to those who blame it. Refrain from the daughter of the vines And do not be stingy with it. Eat it dry always and live! By God, bravo, Read More …