Smoking in Swaziland, 1900
“Smoking hemp” in Swaziland, South Africa. Pre 1900
Tag: war on drugs
Rattlin The Reefer, 1929
Rattlin The Reefer Now we can look at this history two ways… One, the owner of this thoroughbred was a huge Edward Howard fan (a somewhat obscure writer of ‘Rattlin the Reefer’ in 1836) or Two, in 1929 with the Read More …
Lahore Hookah, 1952
Man smoking hookah in Lahore, Pakistan 1952
Hashish & Mariwana, 1969
Old Freak Street, Kathmandu Durbar Square, Nepal. 1969
Just Keep Truckin’ On, 1968
“I became acutely self-conscious about what I was doing. Was I now a “spokesman” for the hippies or what? I had no idea how to handle my new position in society! … Take Keep on Truckin’… For example. Keep on Read More …
Closer cooperation in the control of the use of marihuana, 1937
“The fiend in his own shape is less hideous than when he rages in the breast of man.” – NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE “Closer cooperation in the control of the use of marihuana weed is expected to be the outcome of Read More …
One toke over the line, 1971
“I’m waitin’ for the train that goes home sweet Mary Hopin’ that the train is on time Sittin’ downtown in a railway station One toke over the line” – Brewer & Shipley Lawrence Welk deals with Champagne Ladies who misbehave, Read More …
America’s Native Hemp Gatherers, 1400
“This day [September 4, 1609] the people of the country came aboord of us, seeming very glad of our comming, and brought greene tobacco, and gave us of it for knives and beads. They goe in deere skins loose, well Read More …
Dope Peddler, 1952
“Dope peddler arrested.” Frank, 26 years old (with a bag of bulk Marijuana). Los Angles, CA – May 16, 1952
Contact High, 1660
A Man Blowing Smoke at Drunken Woman by Jan Steen, 1660-65