Assassins of Youth, 1937
‘Assassins of Youth’ movie poster, 1937
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Drinking Smoke, 1921
Surma tribe by anthony pappone Drinking Smoke The origins of the water pipe have long thought to originate in the middle east or in Asia, but a water pipe technique from Africa may date far earlier… Before the Read More …
Israeli women smoking hookah, 1960
Israeli women smoking hookah. Photograph by Paul Schutzer. Israel, May 1960
You’re gonna miss me, 1968
“At one time, I had it notarised that I was from another planet. By a lawyer.” – Roky Erickson You’re Gonna Miss Me In 1968 the lead singer of the 13th Floor Elevators, Roky Erickson, while performing at Read More …
Hemp couple, 1913
Female and male examples from the United States Department of Agriculture Yearbook, 1913 Pistillate/female (left) and staminate/male (right) hemp plants (Dewey, 1913)
Pot is fun, 1968
“Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.” -Allen Ginsberg Poet Allen Ginsberg leads a group of demonstrators outside the Women’s House of Detention on Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich Village, demanding the release of prisoners arrested for use or Read More …
Taste the Hashish, 1778
“When you return to this mundane sphere from your visionary world, you would seem to leave a Neapolitan spring for a Lapland winter – to quit paradise for earth – heaven for hell! Taste the hashish, guest of mine – Read More …
Acapulco Gold, 1973
The making of Acapulco Gold… The movie… Acapulco Gold (1973) Ann Arbor Sun, Nov. 15-22, 1974
Wild Weed, 1949
Poster for Sam Newfield’s 1949 movie ‘Wild Weed’ renamed ‘She Shoulda Said No!’ . The movie was made after the arrest of Lila Leeds and Robert Mitchum on a charge of marijuana conspiracy after being caught smoking joints in Lila Read More …
Mariguana growing in secret enclosure, 1905
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 …