Italian POW Cannabis Garden, 1915

Cannabis garden curated by Italian prisoners of war under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at Ljubljana Castle, Austria (present day Slovenia) during WW1 between 1915-1919    

Le Teilleur de Chanvre, 1910s

‘Le Teilleur de Chanvre’  (The Hemp Scutcher) postcard.  Bresse, France 1910’s        

A Parents Guide to Drug Abuse, 1971

‘Unavoidable feeling of Euphoria – Cannabis’ from A Parents Guide to Drug Abuse in OZ magazine  April 1971  

Smoking in Saigon, 1971

‘American GI’s smoke marijuana at an off-base apartment in Saigon’, Vietnam 1971              

The Treatment of Hemp, 1925

‘The Treatment of Hemp’ photographed by Karel Plicka.   Prislop, Slovakia 1925    

Fumador de Kif, 1876

‘Fumador de Kif’ (Kief Smoker) by Emilio Sala Frances  1876  

Sweet Idleness, 1908

‘Dolce far niente’ / Sweet Idleness, postcard of a Baluba Man smoking from a water pipe.  Belgian Congo, Africa  around 1908          

Barrack Bag Deposit, 1958

‘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 …

Nénoucha and her Musician, 1900’s

‘Nénoucha and her Musician’, scenes et types de l’afrique du nord postcard.  Taourirt, Morocco early 20th century    

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 …