Ohhh That Smell, 1637

‘Smell’ by Jan Miense Molenaer in 1637   That stench of dogshit, the ammonia filled bliss of catpiss to the foulest of skunks,  I think we all have grown, smoked or smelled that oddly satisfying funky smelling bud you’ve grown Read More …

Drug Sniffing Dog Trading Cards, 1994

1994 U.S. Customs Service/ Treasury Department issued Drug Sniffing Dogs trading cards…   The Drug War, some of us are made to be Criminals and some are made hero’s for making it so…    

Poppies of Oz, 1900

The Scarecrow and Tin Woodman carry a sleeping Dorothy and Toto out from the field of Deadly poppies. By W. W. Denslow circa 1900     “All across the meadows, many poppies blossomed, and that were so hypnotic and brilliant Read More …

Turkish Submarine Hashish Smoking Sneak-a-Toke, 1908

The Nordenfelt-class Ottoman submarine Abdül Hamid (1886) was the first submarine in history to fire a torpedo while submerged. Turkish Submarine Hashish Smoking Sneak-a-Toke circa 1908 “Turkish submariners tradition were allowed to smoke hashish off duty. However officers on duty Read More …

Roses of a Dream, 1908

“loving a haze of hasheesh for making the brain go wrong” -Damon Runyon Alfred ‘Damon Runyon’ ROSES OF A DREAM Many songwriters have woven there love of cannabis into their art.  But before Guthrie and Dylan there was Damon Runyon. Read More …