Italian POW Cannabis Garden, 1915

Cannabis garden curated by Italian prisoners of war under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at Ljubljana Castle, Austria (present day Slovenia) during WW1 between 1915-1919    

The Sleeping Girls, 1890

‘The Sleeping Girls in Japanese Bed’,  a popular geisha pose with kiseru pipe.  Japan 1890      

Hopping for Change, 1967

Joint Factory’, John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins rolling Marijuana Joints ready for a Party, London, ca. 1964 Hopping for Change In 1967 photographer, club owner and co-founder of the Newspaper ‘the International Times’ John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins was arrested for marijuana possession in Read More …

Angola Hemp Pipe, 1900

‘Hemp Pipe’ “Cow’s horn with opening at tip closed at base; hole bond is concave surface of horn for insertion of a short cane tube on which fits a well made pottery bowl with flaring mouth. This is the simplest Read More …

A Ganja Field, 1894

“A Ganja Field” Khandesh, India – 1894 (Photo from the British ‘Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895′) Plate 70

Chinese Indica Field, 1931

“Pendleton party examines cannabis with police escort in Manchuria” by Robert Larimore Pendleton – Manchuria, China Between 1931 and 1932     Original stereoview- Pendleton party examines cannabis with police escort in Manchuria- by Robert Larimore Pendleton – China Between Read More …

Lock Jaw Cured by Cannabis, 1846

Jeffersonian Republican, newspaper July 16, 1846 titled: Lock Jaw Cured   “Dr. Isaac Hiester, of Reading, PA, in the month of April last, cured Charles Sassaman, a lad, sixteen years of age, by the use of a solution of the Read More …