In Sight of a Drug Bust, 1963
‘Drug bust in San Francisco. Agent Matt O’Connor aims his gun at suspects.’ San Francisco, California October 3, 1963
Month: December 2018
Chillum at a Brothel
‘Smoking marijuana at a brothel in Jessore’, a border town in Bangladesh, India
Hemp: A Practical Treatise, 1900
“There should be no necessity for an apology or an excuse for preparing a work upon hemp culture at this time… It was among the first introduced into America, and one of the most extensive in cultivation among the colonists; Read More …
The Farm Bill, 2018
The 2018 Agriculture Improvement Act aka the Farm Bill was just signed into order officially opening the door for legal (regulated) hemp production in the United States nationwide! Seeing is believing so here is the full approved Read More …
Card Game, 1650
‘Card Game’ by Dingeman van der Hagen 1650
Girl Twists Hemp, 1944
‘Little girl turning the handle on a wheel that twists hemp into yarn’, photographed by George Silk. Italy, May 1944
Spark of Nature’s Fire, 1944
“Give me a spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.” – by Robert Burns from ‘Epistle To J. Lapraik’ (An Old Scottish Bard) 1785 Woman smokes from a water pipe, photographed by John Gutmann – India Read More …
Confiscated Donkeys, 1920’s
‘Donkeys used to smuggle sotol across the border during prohibition (Sotol is a liquor similar to tequila).’ Photographed by U.S. Border Patrol Agents, Texas 1920’s
Smoking Table, 1890
Cabinet Card by J. Greenfield, London, England 1890
Countryside Scenes of Breaking Hemp, 1900
‘Countryside scene of women breaking hemp on a dual hemp brake while a young girl spins hemp’ (la Corrèze illustrée types et scènes champêtres broyage du chanvre), postcard from Corrèze, France early 1900