Smoking in Saigon, 1971
‘American GI’s smoke marijuana at an off-base apartment in Saigon’, Vietnam 1971
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‘American GI’s smoke marijuana at an off-base apartment in Saigon’, Vietnam 1971
‘Marijuana is weighed and checked by Jim Farris, left, Sheriff Bob Turner and O.E. Higginbotham. Recovered after local farmer called deputies to investigate a army barracks bag deposited by two men in his fields four miles north of Oklahoma City.’ Read More …
Wat er van hennep komt by J. Vlieger (from Amsterdam) in 1873 What Comes From Hemp A cute little booklet published in 1873 by a dutch author targeted just one subject… Hemp! The title for the book would Read More …
A Cambodian Army officer, left, exhales marijuana smoke after using a homemade waterpipe as another soldier plays guitar in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1973
Indian Army soldier smoking a hookah at a WW1 camp in New Forest, England 1914
Raiding Humboldt A botched narcotics raid on a cloudy Humboldt afternoon in 1972 would forever escalate the war on drugs. Dirk Dickenson and his girlfriend Judy Arnold enjoyed their off grid homesteaded on Pratt mountain in Humboldt County, California. Their Read More …
“We’d take a gas mask and take the filters out and tape over them, and just make a hole in one of the filters. We’d stick a joint in the gas mask and puff like mad, just keep breathing until Read More …
The Turned On Army Despite frantic Pentagon attempts to keep the facts secret, it is becoming increasingly clear that America is less-than-proud possessor of a turned-on Army. Embarrassing as it may be to American officials, our soldiers have grown up Read More …
Doughboys (American Expeditionary Forces in World War I) taking a break for a smoke at Cochem, Germany – 1915
Cannabis Marching Song The sweet cadence of a marching song echoed through time. This one from Mexico had a little bit of cannabis soul… Many historic marching songs have been sung by armies all over the world. The steady rhythmic Read More …