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“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 …
“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 …
“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 …
“And those who were laid at rest Oh! Hallowed be each name; Their memories are forever blest – Consigned to endless fame.” -Robert Emmet watercolor on ivory miniature portrait by John Comerford of Robert Emmet during his trial, 1803 Read More …
A Sunnyasi Brahmin smoking a chillum in India, 1870
Mountains of corn cobs waiting for being transformed into pipes. The cobs are stored for two years. Aging makes the cobs harder and dryer. The Missouri Meerschaum Pipe Co The Old Cob Pipe Why do I stick to the Read More …
“no common object to your sight displays; but what with pleasure Heaven itself surveys” -Alexander Pope Soul of a Moment I find old pictures fascinating, capturing that day, that hour, that minute, that second in time. The soul of that Read More …
The Opium Eaters by Vasilij V. Vereshchagin, Uzbekistan, 1868
Unidentified man beating out seed from Japanese hemp plants grown on the Agricultural experiment station, Lexington, Kentucky 1901 – photo by Louis Edward Nollau (1883-1955) – Part of Glass plate negative collection
Cosmic Honey “The federal government long claimed that it knew evreything about marijuana that was necessary; it was, as US Narcotics Commissioner Harry Anslinger used to say, “a killer drug.” But during the sixties, as middle class college students Read More …