Stacks of Hemp, 1898
‘Stacks of hemp stalks in a hemp field’ Kentucky, 1898
Tag: drugwar
Gather Marijuana, 1970
Gather Marijuana Four Indiana State Police Troopers, from left, Ronald Albright, Det. Sgt. Robert Zack, Edward Galloway and Robert Candler, clear a building near North Liberty, Sunday, of marijuana where three laskens(?) had stored it. The large cache was valued Read More …
Peyote & Cannabis Raid, 1958
Robert King, Sgt. State Narcotics inspector and John O’Grady of LAPD Narcotics Bureau, examine some of the peyote & cannabis picked up in a raid. California, 1958
Perfectly Baked, 1921
Wage Campaign on “Indian Hemp” Las Animas, Colorado, Dec. 22 Vigorous measures to stamp out production of “Indian Hemp” are being taken by Bent County officials following the discovery here of several gardens in which the plant was being cultivated. Read More …
Just Say No, 1987
“Just Say No” About 20,00 elementary and junior high school students from throughout the county, crowd into the east side of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena to cheer their favorite entertainers and athletes and scream that they will “Just Say Read More …
The White Raven, 1971
“This photograph by Cor Jaring is from 1971 and shows the boat ‘De Witte Raaf’ (the White Raven) moored straight opposite the local Amsterdam police station of Kattenburg, selling marihuana plants, for one guilder each. We see Kees Hoekert at Read More …
It’s a Hot Summer, 1953
“Lay low, boys, Its a hot summer!”, ‘Heat Wave In St. Louis County’s Rat Alley’ from The St. Louis Post, 7-21-1953. (Included in the businesses ‘Marijuana Shoppe’)
Don’t get your Panties in a Bunch, 1951
Sheriff’s Secretarty Sonia Simone and Lieutenant Ray Huber posing with evidence including marijuana stuffed womens nylons. Los Angeles, California Marijuana raid, October 31, 1951
Bonfire of Hashish Bricks
Bonfire of Hashish bricks being destroyed, Ghazni, Afghanistan
Inquiry into Boogie Woogie, 1944
Inquiry into Boogie Woogie “Can you remember perhaps some time when your radio was discoursing Jazz(by chance, of course) and you suddenly had an almost irresistible impulse toward delinquency” the New York Times, JULY 16, 1944 Defying gravity in 1953 Read More …