Hong Kong Bong, 1940
“Man smoking water pipe on city sidewalk”, Hong Kong, China 1940’s
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The Roker’s Song, 1943
Bar on the West Coast of South Africa In a hole in the wall bar on the west coast of South Africa, a man is found with a poem inked in flesh… ‘The Roker’s Song’ In a hole in the Read More …
Le Fumeur Oriental, 1875
Le Fumeur Oriental by José Villegas Cordero, 1875
Field of Cannabis in Magar, 1971
Field of Cannabis in Magar country (northwest of Dohrpatan), Nepal. 1971
NYPD Narcotics Video, 1948
1948 NYPD Narcotics arrest, news video. Five men and one woman were busted in a 1948 NYPD raid. 1948 NEW YORK CITY MARIJUANA BUST Busted: Five men and one woman were busted in a 1948 NYPD raid; here, two Read More …
The Spice Store, 1950’s
Man smoking hookah in shop with boy, Agra, India 1950’s
The Almost Slave Hemp Rebellion of 1789
“It was an insurrection of the negroes, who were that night to have set fire to the large and beautiful town of St. Pierre… The combustibles were laid were laid in upwards of 100 houses (consisting of hemp dipt in Read More …
Boy helping with Ganja Harvest, 1973
Boy helping with the ganja harvest in Nepal, November 1973 (All dealers’ licenses for cannabis sales in Nepal were revoked on July 16, 1973)
EXPOSING THE MARIJUANA DRUG EVIL IN SWING BANDS!, 1938
“The “tea” might as easily madden you to a homicidal frenzy, like that of the Filipino who runs amuck; it might make you a philosopher, a rapist or a thief. But, unlike any other narcotic, it has no legitimate use; Read More …
Burros carrying bales of Cannabis, 1933
Burros carrying bales of Cannabis on street in Ríonegro, Colombia. 1933