The Fear of God, 1785
‘Keep Within Compass’ by Robert Dighton, Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London 1785 The Fear of God To instill the deep fear of god within it’s youthful followers, St. Read More …
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Silence of the Cans, 1987
Policeman with a can of marijuana seized on Leblon beach, south of Rio, Brazil October 10, 1987 Silence of the Cans During the Summer of ’87, the buzz around Rio de Janeiro didn’t come from its streets or around Read More …
The Worlds First Blunts… Mbade
A ‘mbade’ (cigar/blunt)made by the Wahehe People from Tanzania 1922 The Worlds First Blunts… Mbade Long before New York crews started cracking Phillies, one tribe in Tanzania had already mastered the art of rolling the perfect blunt. The practice Read More …
Coast of Hash, 1977
Two dutch police officers pose with bales of hash washed ashore on the Zeeland coast, July 1977 The Coast of Hash ‘In July 1977 thousands of kilo’s of hashish mysteriously washed up on the beaches of Walcheren in the Read More …
Teach the Children, 1926
cover Ivan Novikov – Konopel-Konopelka ‘Hemp – Cannabis’ (New Children’s Library, poems for children) 1926 Teach the Children Not too long after the end of World War 1, Russian Ivan Novikov released his new children’s book of poems. The Russian Read More …
Rolling with the Circus
‘m. dario artiste sans bras, cirque veuve ricono’ postcard 1890’s Rolling with the Circus No other act in history has embodied the spirit of the old circus saying ‘The show must go on’ more then one small man with no Read More …
Hemp Follows the Needle
Cover of ‘Games and songs of American children’ by William Newell in 1884 Hemp Follows the Needle Our culture with hemp is so intertwined within the human experience that to this day, we still teach hemp culture to our children Read More …
Rhythm of Life
Zulu man playing Musical Bow, South Africa 1930 Rhythm of Life Coursing through the human soul, music has always been a part of the human experience from our earliest recorded history. While we created the sound it was Read More …
Love Song
‘Vigil Bressane’ (Veillée Bressane) postcard. Bourg-en-Bresse, France 1905 Love Song ‘Konopa konopa Koho rada vidímn’ (Hemp Hemp – To One Who I Like To See) is an ancient Slovak song steeped in the culture of hemp. It Read More …
Up
Lieutenant F. W. Holmes photograph of the Indian rope trick in May, 1917. Up From an ancient trick marveled for centuries to be ‘the world’s greatest illusion’, comes a tale so high it could only have come from hemp! Read More …