Hippie Hero, 1967

‘Hippie Hero Dana Beal, 21, is carried on the shoulders of friends after he was released on $3,000 bail on charges of selling LSD, his arrest touched off an all night vigil by some 25 hippie friends outside the Federal Read More …

Vintage Headshop, 1903

‘Roy Smythe in his ‘pool hall and tobacco store’ selling hookahs and pipes on the counter with opium pipes under the counters glass.’  Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada opened in 1903    

The Oregano Scam, 1981

D.C Police 1986 The Oregano Scam In 1981 the District of Columbia broke their own record, 86 citizens dead from overdoses due to heroin. To combat the growing opium problem in the city, police launched a all out offensive on Read More …