Wanted Us To Try Hashish, 1940
“Smoking a hookah or bubble pipe at El Kantara on Suez Canal. The Arabs wanted us to try hashish but we declined.” Australian soldiers during WW2, Egypt 1940
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European War Kif Break, 1914
‘Indian troops enjoy a pipe of kif during the European War’, World War One postcard 1914
Craddocks Hemp Carding, 1916
A young female worker operating a hemp carding machine at Craddocks Wire Rope Works during WW1. Wakefield, England August 23, 1916
Jam Jar Hookah, 1915
Jam Jar Hookah: “Wounded Indian smoking through a jam jar”. During WW1 at a hospital in Brighton, England August 1915
World War on Weed, 1961
“Governments of opium-producing Parties are required to “purchase and take physical possession of such crops as soon as possible” after harvest to prevent diversion into the illicit market.” -from the The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in 1961 Opium meditations Read More …
Hemp for Victory, 1942
1943 hemp for victory poster Hemp for Victory In 1942 in prepreation for WW2 the United States Government decided to take drastic measures… To hire Hemp Farmers for Victory… Hemp for victory – Page 7 of the Read More …
Scottish Pipes of War
“During the worst of the bombardment, Piper Laidlaw, seeing that his company was badly shaken from the effects of gas, with absolute coolness and disregard of danger, mounted the parapet, marched up and down and played company out of the Read More …