Danger Comics, 1953
Marijuana The Border Patrol’s fight against Narcotics! Danger #4 – July 1953
Tag: marihuana
Tell Your Children, 1936
Newspaper Movie ad (Ada Ok. Oct 10, 1939) Tell Your Children Following the Victor Licata murder case in 1933, a church group decided to finance a film showing the dangers of ‘marihuana’ to parents… 1933 Victor Licata mug shot Read More …
Weed of Doom, 1942
Weed of Doom When reefer madness and comics team up against cannabis you get, Weed of Doom… The ‘good guys’ – The Deacon & Mickey The ‘bad guys’ – Loco Gila & Pancho Montez Poor poor Jack Winters stuck in Read More …
Mechanix get High, 1949
“Now a third smoke … a fourth. This time my hands feel huge, my feet miles away. I’m afraid to step out of the chair. A small downward step is like a deep plunge into a dark abyss. That’s the Read More …
The Marihuana Story, 1950
The Marihuana Story, movie poster from 1950 (Spain / Argentina)
Crazed From Smoking a Weed, 1905
Crazed From Smoking a Weed Crazy article from 1905 that Interestingly gives credit to ‘indian women’ for growing cannabis in North America… “Marihuana is a weed used in Mexico by people of the lower class and sometimes by soldiers, Read More …
Bonfire Material, 1948
Bonfire Material Los Angeles Times -Sept. 8, 1948 “Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Dwight Smith drags a load of marijuana from a roadside patch in Rosemead. The plants were later burned. A story in the next morning’s L.A. Times Read More …
The Smell of Success, 1974
The Smell of Success In 1974 an article from the University of South Carolina paper, the Garnet and Black, had a interesting topic… It seems the University was awarded a grant for research. What was the research that needed Read More …
Marihuana Plant, 1943
“marihuana plant”, photo taken in 1943 by the U.S. Treasury Department
No One Puts Baby in a Corner, 1956
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche Lili Berde performing her forbidden dance ‘The Marihuana’ No One Puts Baby in a Corner Read More …