Confiscated Marijuana, 1953
“200 Lbs” of marijuana Confiscated before being Burned. Ypsilanti, Michigan 1953
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A British Surgeon puts Ganjah on the Medical Map, 1813
Untitled watercolor by Anon, 1820. Captioned – A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi. A British Surgeon puts Ganjah on the Medical Map In Read More …
Pop Pot, 1973
An unidentified chemist holds a container of marijuana plants found by police in an apartment in Northwest Washington D.C. in 1973.
America’s Canine Cosmonaut, 1907
“A dog weighing 25 pounds received an injection of two ounces of an active U.S.P. Fluid extract in the jugular vein with the expectation that it would certainly be sufficient to produce death…” -A 1907 study ‘A Pharmacological study of Read More …
Hemp Chocolate Card, 1890’s
‘The Hemp: The Canvas, the ropes, Hempseed oil’, Chocolate bar trading card (1 of 84 in this botanical series) by ‘Chocolat Guerin-Boutron’ in Paris from the 1890’s “Le chanvre: La toile, les cordes, huile de chènevis”
Oregon Narcissus, 1850
Miner Toi Kee displays narcissus grown for the Chinese New Year celebration holding a water pipe and incense in Jacksonville, Oregon 1850’s “A genus that is very complex and burdened with numerous uncertainties” — Schultes & Schultes description of Read More …
Behold the Time of the Assassins, 1872
Morning of Drunkenness O my good! O my beautiful! Atrocious fanfare where I won’t stumble! Enchanted rack whereon I am stretched! Hurrah for the amazing work and the marvelous body, for the first time! It began amid the laughter of Read More …
Cohoon’s Broadcast Seed Sower, 1862
Cohoon’s Broadcast Seed Sower For Sowing Wheat, Hemp, Grass, Oats, Barley, Seeds & More “It saves four – Fifths of the labor and time – enables anyone, with a little experience, to sow with perfect regularity… This Machine is Read More …
Christmas Eve Hemp Carol
Christmas Eve Hemp Carol In many hemp growing regions of Europe it was very bad luck for the women to spin or work on their hemp starting Christmas Eve and lasting until “Distaff Day” (January 7)… Much like in my Read More …
The Original Cannabis Caroler’s of Christmas Eve
Young men after taking part in the ritual of koleduvane on behalf of the Community Cultural Center Probuda, Bulgaria 1930 The Original Cannabis Caroler’s of Christmas Eve Snuggled up in layers of warmth, out into the cold the joyous Read More …