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Raiding Humboldt A botched narcotics raid on a cloudy Humboldt afternoon in 1972 would forever escalate the war on drugs. Dirk Dickenson and his girlfriend Judy Arnold enjoyed their off grid homesteaded on Pratt mountain in Humboldt County, California. Their Read More …
‘Wild man and woman in a garden’, Hemp textile with silk and wool thread. Basel (Rhine valley), France c.1440
Workers called “Garzuler” hand break the village’s hemp crop. Carmagnola, Italy 1930’s
Monks relax while playing a game, water pipes can be seen sitting on the table. Hualin Temple, Canton(Guangzhou), China. 1869
“Hemp for smoking “diamba” Wrapped in leaves of banana. Smoke small leaves around the seed.” Angola, Africa July 25, 1890 Cobbed cannabis is a ancient technique originating from Africa to cure marijuana. After chopping the harvest and briefly Read More …
Men relax in a Bustine Garden, Persia (present day Iran) 1910 “Messrs. Gunning, Thornton, Wood and Garden relaxing in Bustine, Persia. Mr. Wood is smoking a hookah pipe.”
‘Portrait of a hippie surrounded by marijuana plants’ in Kathmandu, Nepal 1971
‘Would You Like To Talk Drugs’, the DARIC (drug abuse reference information center) desk at the Riverside public library, California summer 1972 “One father, disturbed by his daughters interest in marijuana, spent several hours reading articles gathered on the drug. Read More …
Honorary Hopi: Albert Einstein with his wife after his induction as an honorary member of the Hopi Indian tribe. Einstein holds a ceremonial pipe while intricate beaded pipe bags hang from the Hopi men’s waist. Ceremony took place in the Read More …
‘Three generations of Appen with spinning wheel’. Appen, Germany 1913