Cannabis Camouflage, 1916

‘Australian fighters pose with a captured Turkish sniper disguised as a cannabis bush’.  The Turkish sniper was photographed immediately after capture while he was being brought in under guard. He was camouflaged by a Jack-in-the-Green arrangement of cannabis foliage attached Read More …

Yank Swaps Pipes, 1945

A United States soldier swaps pipes with a local in Burma, 1945 The Photograph was published on the cover of the United States Military WW2 magazine ‘Yank’ in 1945 YANK – July 1, 1945

Cambodian Officer Smoke Out, 1973

A Cambodian Army officer, left, exhales marijuana smoke after using a homemade waterpipe as another soldier plays guitar in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1973    

French Foreign Legion Hash Pipe, 1943

“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.”    

Cambodian Soldiers Light Up, 1973

Light Up Time: “A Cambodian soldier exhales after taking a heavy draw on his marijuana water pipe recently during a break in fighting along Route 30, south of Phnom Penh.  The drug is popular with Cambodian troops, who usually smoke Read More …

Cambodian Battle Bong, 1974

“A Cambodian soldier takes a marijuana break during a lull in the fighting around Prek Tapao, 7 miles south east of Phnom Penh. The soldier keeps the pipe, made from a hefty length of bamboo, going with a lamp made Read More …

Gas Mask Puff, 1969

 “We’d take a gas mask and take the filters out and tape over them, and just make a hole in one of the filters. We’d stick a joint in the gas mask and puff like mad, just keep breathing until Read More …

The Turned On Army, 1968

The Turned On Army Despite frantic Pentagon attempts to keep the facts secret, it is becoming increasingly clear that America is less-than-proud possessor of a turned-on Army. Embarrassing as it may be to American officials, our soldiers have grown up Read More …