Joint of Defiance, 1973
‘Imogene Cole, speaks vehemently against the repeal of Ann Arbor’s marijuana ordinance during last night’s City council meeting. She holds up what she said is a marijuana cigarette.’ Ann Arbor, Michigan July 10, 1973
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Displaying the War on Drugs
DEA Museum at The Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters in Arlington, Virginia Displaying The War On Drugs In 1999 the DEA decided to put some of those tax dollars to work opening a museum all about, of course, themselves. The Read More …
Yale Smoking Contest, 1959
‘Smoking Contest’ held at Yale University in 1959 Honorable mention to the guy in the middle who showed up with the homemade glass jug hookah!
Suitcase Full of Smuggled Marijuana, 1940’s
‘Detective Lieutenants R.S. Hamilton, E.J. Henry, and E.C. Biffle with suspect Adolfo Campos and a suitcase full of smuggled marijuana’, Los Angeles, California – Early 1940’s
This Yards Gone to Pot, 1935
“A San Franciscan was scheduled to go into court today to explain why he was growing marijuana in the front yard of his home. Rinaldo Gotti was arrested by State Narcotic Inspector Bernard Blonder and Agents Ed Oliva and William Read More …
Four Wheel Hemp Hauling, 1917
‘Worker hauls a wagon loaded with hemp using a experimental four-wheel drive International 8-16 tractor.’ Wisconsin 1917
Hemp in the Fast Lane, 1954
Bob Sorrell sitting in his unfinished Sorrell Custom Roadster Hemp in the Fast Lane Bob Sorrell turned the automotive world upside down in 1953 by unveiling his special new SR-100 sports car to a stunned crowd. It wasn’t under the Read More …
Marijuana Flambeau, 1978
United States Customs Agent sits on confiscated bales of Marijuana found on the ship the ‘Flambeau’ in the Florida Keys, 1978
Attempted Smuggling, 1926
‘A Chinese seaman being arrested at the port of New York for the ‘attempted smuggling’.’ New York, 1926
Weighing Up Hemp, 1906
‘Weighing up Hemp at Close of Day’s work, Forgarty’s farm’, Kentucky 1906-7