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Gypsy Musicians perform in the Russian Empire, 1865 Musical Marijuana From humanities earliest musical notes, the fans who followed the sound have shared in a ancient musical tradition handed down for centuries: smoking cannabis! Smoking hashish from a Read More …
‘The Maharaja of Orcha, Sir Pratrap Singh with water-pipe bearer’. India, 1890
‘La Grande Odalisque’ by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1814 Chibouk pipe and incense box detail
Gathering the Ganja Crop, Naogaon, India – February 16, 1894 Grading Ganja In 1893 the British undertook an extensive study in India to look at all things Indian Hemp. The study looked at all aspects of the plant using Read More …
‘Frank J. Long, custom agent with six bags of confiscated marijuana’, in San Francisco, California October 16, 1969
“The Pied Piper of Peril!”, Detective Comics #143 – 1949
‘Little Prince Posing with a Hookah’, India – Date Unknown (pre1900)
‘Dai nijūichi zu’ woodcut by Harunobu Suzuki in 1770 The print shows a woman using a ‘kenka kiseru’ or fighting pipe to beat a man who has been spying on her. The Japanese long pipes were often reinforced for use Read More …
‘Washtenaw county vice squad officers examine some of the more than 200 pounds of marijuana plants confiscated yesterday. The plants, found growing wild on two farms within a 15-mile radius of Ann Arbor, were trucked to the Willow Village Sheriff’s Read More …
‘Anuak man smoking gourd water-pipe’, Jonglei, Southern Sudan 1952