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“There are but few peole in this State who know that “hashish” the opium of Arabia, is raised, prepared, smoked and eaten in California” Local Hashish Eaters In this early 1895 article from San Francisco, we find evidence of Read More …
The San Francisco call, September 02, 1905 Titled: Officers Raid Den Very early example of cannabis being cultivated primarily as a drug plant on America’s west coast… This story takes place before the poison act took affect in California Read More …
The Evansville daily journal, Indiana newspaper September 03, 1861 Titled: Bleeding at the Lungs Article pushing for trials on cannabis in 1861… 155 years later, we are still pushing… “Healing property of the Cannabis, we can hardly use Read More …
“Smuggling is a fine art” -President William Taft President Taft on a Buffalo (c. 1904), from when he was serving as governor of the Philippines. “We can sell all the hemp we can raise.” -President William Taft Read More …
Salida Mail, Colorado newspaper December 28, 1906 Titled: The Arabs Hasheesh Interesting newspaper article from 1906 with an old edible recipe for liver… “It was liver powdered with kiff. Kiff is hasheesh. It is made of hemp, and Read More …
Basalt Journal, Colorado newspaper September 7, 1901 In the local’s section The fisherman’s long tale goes up in smoke with hasheesh.
New York tribune, April 11, 1909 Article: Goats that feed on “Dope” The men who stare at goats The Mexican Herald is responsible for so much early misinformation in their own quest to criminalize cannabis in Mexico. Spewing crazy Read More …
The Day Book, newspaper March 06, 1916 Article: His First Pipe “Raymond Lesflos, after seeing his parents killed in a bombardmont early in the war, joined a French infantry company and was adopted as mascot. He now feels he’s Read More …
3 Inch Tall Runaway Sought By Police “Police demanded entry into apartment. Making up a fairy tale about a runaway boy, they left no possibility untouched. Evidently the suspect is quite small as they, 2 males and 1 woman, Read More …
Point of no return, front gate Yuma Territory Prison Smuggling Mariguana Territory This small catch by a Yuma Territory prison guard in 1897 gets treated like the crime stop of the decade, with the tale getting reprinted for years Read More …