Digging Cozine Avenue, 1951

Inspector Frank Creta watches as the ‘White Wing Squad’ digs up marijuana plants from an empty lot on Cozine Avenue.   Brooklyn, New York 1951    

Tall Weeds, 1972

‘Tall weeds thought to be marijuana examined by Vice Detectives at police headquarters’,  Oklahoma  July 15, 1972      

Weedhead Tramp, 1944

‘Weedhead, Tramp’, Phyllis Stalnaker mugshot from the old San Diego police headquarters museum at Seaport. San Diego, California 1944    

Mississippi Stem Rub, 1970’s

Research associate and later director Carlton Turner (former Drug Czar under Ronald Reagan) examining cannabis grown at the University of Mississippi’s Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Medical Gardens, Mississippi  late 1970’s    

Working in a Hemp Field, 1905

‘Working in a Hemp Field’, men work to harvest a hemp field utilizing a hemp braking machine.  Kentucky 1905  

Captured Peyote & Marijuana, 1967

‘Chief of Police, James Orr, pictured with captured peyote and marijuana’.   Fairfax, California June 9, 1967    

Drug Exhibit, 1971

‘Joe Johnson points out a specimen of manicured marijuana in a drug exhibit as Mrs. Elizabeth Harkey (wife of former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives B.E. “Bill” Harkey) examines the display at his direction.’ – taken from the Read More …

Hippie Hero, 1967

‘Hippie Hero Dana Beal, 21, is carried on the shoulders of friends after he was released on $3,000 bail on charges of selling LSD, his arrest touched off an all night vigil by some 25 hippie friends outside the Federal Read More …

Rockies 30 Pound Colombian, 1980

’30 pounds of what police believe to be ‘Colombian’ marijuana displayed by Rockie J. Yardley an officer in the technical investigation division.’ Edmond, Oklahoma August 13, 1980      

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