The Dope Olympic Games, 776BC
“The virtues of hemp, it is said, are so great, that an infusion of it in water will cause it to coagulate: hence it is, that if taken in water, it will arrest looseness in beasts of burden. A decoction Read More …
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Hokusai Manga, 1814
“This autumn the master [Hokusai] happened to visit the Western Province and stopped over at our city [Nagoya]. We all met together with the painter Gekkōtei Bokusen (月光亭墨僊?) [Utamasa II, well-known Nagoya artist, pupil of Hokusai’s, and collator of Hokusai’s Read More …
“Pick-me-ups” for Tired Animals, 1892
“Sallie Gardner at Gallop” by Eadward Muybridge in 1878. Consists of 24 photographs in a fast-motion series “Pick-me-ups” for tired animals In 1892 comes this little gem of an article describing how tired animals are energized with cannabis. Interesting they Read More …
Hanfeinlegen, 1884
The retting of raw hemp in a Danish stream… Hanfeinlegen by Theodor von Hörmann, 1884
They huffed, We puffed, Hemp held the House Down, 1698
Mr. Nakamura’s 300 year old hemp house in Miasa Mura, Japan. Built in 1698 They huffed, We puffed, Hemp held the House Down In 1698, let me repeat that, in 1698 Mr. Nakamura’s ancestors built his family house in Miasa-mura, Read More …
Confiscated Tree’s, 1939
Sergeant H. D. Bakenhus of the Seattle Police Department is shown here standing among confiscated marijuana plants. September 9, 1939
Congress Guarantee’s the Growers of Hemp, 1799
“A certainty of sale, as was already observed, will be encouraged enough for the growers of hemp.” -Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser, January 12, 1799 Congress Guarantee’s the Growers of Hemp This little gem from Read More …
Project E206, 1969
“There has been little evidence in Canada to support an association of cannabis with crimes of violence. Nor is there any suggestion that cannabis users are obliged to engage to any significant extent in a career of petty crime to Read More …
Undercovers Protect Schools from Kids, 1986
“Undercover LAPD officers Dwane White (left), and Yolanda Gonzales appear at a press conference with Chief Daryl Gates, where Gates said the two were among eight undercover agents behind a narcotics operation at nine city high schools. They found 201 Read More …
What Bonds Us, 550
“the use of the hemp plaster may have been for more than just preservation purposes. As the hemp plaster has the ability to store heat, is fire-resistant and absorbs about 90 percent of airborne sound, a peaceful living environment for Read More …