Mississippi Stem Rub, 1970’s

Research associate and later director Carlton Turner (former Drug Czar under Ronald Reagan) examining cannabis grown at the University of Mississippi’s Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Medical Gardens, Mississippi  late 1970’s    

Displaying the War on Drugs

DEA Museum at The Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters in Arlington, Virginia   Displaying The War On Drugs In 1999 the DEA decided to put some of those tax dollars to work opening a museum all about, of course, themselves. The Read More …

Uncle Sam’s Poison Farm, 1904

Read my full published article on Marijuana.com now!   View of the Arlington Experimental Farm, on the southern bank of the Potomac River, October 1907 Uncle Sam’s Poison Farm At Arlington Farms in Washington D.C the United States not only Read More …

Uncle Sam Breeds Hemp, 1901

Japanese hemp grown in a field at the Agricultural experiment station, Lexington, Kentucky 1901 Uncle Sam Breeds Hemp In the dwindling days just before America’s cannabis prohibition, Uncle Sam not only grew hemp but also sought to breed the worlds Read More …

Government Grown, 1978

“Alice O’Leary-Randall inspects the cannabis plants grown at the University of Mississippi during her 1978 visit. On her left is Dr. Bob Willette of NIDA and on her right is Dr. Carlton Turner, former drug abuse advisor to President Ronald Read More …

The Funny Hemp Booklet, 1943

“Who grows hemp today with a busy hand, Helps themselves and the country!” -Die lustige Hanffibel, 1943 Die lustige Hanffibel, front cover – “The Funny Hemp Booklet”   The Funny Hemp Booklet In 1942 preparing for WWII, The German Reich Read More …

Drug Sniffing Dog Trading Cards, 1994

1994 U.S. Customs Service/ Treasury Department issued Drug Sniffing Dogs trading cards…   The Drug War, some of us are made to be Criminals and some are made hero’s for making it so…    

420 Brush Strokes in the Art of War, 1915

“Carnival of 1915” ‘Danza Macabra Europea’ – WW1 Propaganda lithographs by Alberto Martini, 1915   420 Brush Strokes in the Art of War While looking through the stunning work of Alberto Martini’s ‘Danza Macabra Europea’, WW1 series of propaganda lithographs, Read More …

Our Home Hasheesh Crop, 1926

Hemp plant workers, Mapleton, Minnesota 1943 Our Home Hasheesh Crop The hemp plant, the source of the drug hasheesh, is one of the commonest weeds of the country; but there is little danger that it will seriously promote the drug Read More …

The Marijuana Smoker, 1940

“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”…

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