The Marihuana Story, 1950
The Marihuana Story, movie poster from 1950 (Spain / Argentina)
Month: July 2017
Russian Roulette, 1961
“I did not sleep at all last night. It hurts like the devil! A snowstorm whipping through my soul, wailing like a hundred jackals. Still no obvious symptoms that perforation is imminent, but an oppressive feeling of foreboding hangs over Read More …
Grow Yer Own Stone, 1974
Grow Yer Own Stone – Alexander Sumach, 1974 book cover Grow Yer Own Stone Canada was much like the U.S. during the 70’s with high penalties for small cannabis infractions. In 1974 Author Alexander Sumach published a book proposing a Read More …
America’s First Cannabis Cup, 1790
“He who can make two ears of corn grow where only one grew before, ranks as a benefactor to society before all the heroes that ever existed” -Jonathan Swift Medal of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Read More …
Pantless Nixon Smokeout, 1974
‘Man in Richard Nixon mask smokes a joint after taking his pants off’. -Marijuana Smoke-In and March from Central Park to Washington Square. May 30, 1974 And then you realize… “Wait, why did he take off his pants?”
Physic for Traitors, 1860’s
“That herb well deserves cultivation, Oh scatter its seed all around,— Let it flourish in every plantation, While Rebels and Traitors abound. Down, down with the tyrant “King Cotton,” King Hemp holds the rascal in check. If you cant cure Read More …
Rope of Hemp around the Neck of Liberty, 1859
“it is better that this union be a rope of sand around those who are willing to stay together, than a rope of hemp around the neck of Liberty” -Carl Schurz Interesting speech by Carl Schurz leading up to Read More …
Fourth of July Peace Pipe, 1911
The 4th of July Parade in New York, 1911
Our Flag was Still There, 1873
The United States’ independence “ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shews, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of the continent to the other.” –John Adams, in a letter to his wife Abigail, 1776 Read More …
The End of King Cotton, 1865
The End of King Cotton “Behold me dangling up and down, In a Hemp tie ‘stead of a cotton crown. Neither my leg bail nor cotton bale Could save me from the coffin’s nail- And here I swing, in Read More …