Early Indoor, 1970’s
“Dean Lloyd (left) and ABC Officer Fred Hennessee (right) amongst marijuana plants. This is possibly a picture of a bust.” Burke County, North Carolina, late 1970’s Notice the vertical MH lights… Pioneers…
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Don’t get your Panties in a Bunch, 1951
Sheriff’s Secretarty Sonia Simone and Lieutenant Ray Huber posing with evidence including marijuana stuffed womens nylons. Los Angeles, California Marijuana raid, October 31, 1951
Reefer Resort, 1948
Mitchum’s attorney, the famed Jerry Giesler, told the court the indictment against his handsome client was void and invalid because its language was “indefinite, uncertain, and unintelligible.” “Parts of it,” he said, “aren’t even in the English language. The only Read More …
Predecessor to the Narcotics Squad’s and DEA, 1877
Chinatown Squad of the San Francisco Police Department posing with sledge hammers and axes in front of August Pistolesi’s grocery store at 752 Washington Street – 1895 Predecessor to the Narcotics Squad’s and DEA In this 100+ year Drug Read More …
The Great Panty Caper, 1949
“we’d prefer to look on the panty raid as a rather harmless bit of frivolity that college kids should engage in once in a while. It’s a better escape from this meaningless world than marijuana and LSD. And we’d prefer Read More …