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‘Adam Tilling the Ground and Eve Spinning’ stained glass panel dating to the 14th Century, originally displayed in the Marienkirche (St. Mary’s) church in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. Following WW2 the panel was seized from Potsdam by the Soviet Military Administration Read More …
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
“Smoking a hookah or bubble pipe at El Kantara on Suez Canal. The Arabs wanted us to try hashish but we declined.” Australian soldiers during WW2, Egypt 1940
A Cambodian Army officer, left, exhales marijuana smoke after using a homemade waterpipe as another soldier plays guitar in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1973
“Metal hashish pipe wrapped in leather with a metal tong and reamer set that has been decorated with incised lines. Given to Lester B. McAllister by a French Foreign Legion officer in Tindouf, Algeria, in February, 1943.”
‘Tintype portrait of a group of Union officers of the the 45th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment smoking pipes and cigars and drinking wine during the Civil War’
‘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
Special Mobile Force (SMF Police) posing with Cannabis Plants before destroying them in a bonfire in front of their Barracks at Vacoas, Port Louis, Mauritius (a little island off Madagascar’s coast) – 1970’s
‘Police dogs trained to smell out hidden marijuana examine U.S. Soldiers luggage at the airport during the Vietnam War’, Vietnam Airport 1969
‘Three bags containing marijuana seized at Santos Dumont Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during the military dictatorship.’ October 4, 1967