Root of an Evil, 1954

‘Root of an Evil’  – Police officer Bernard Gallagher uproots a marijuana plant in Golden Gate Park. Tended by a gardener who said he didn’t know what it was, the plant was capable of producing about $100 worth of dope.  Read More …

Marijuana Pickup, 1954

‘Detective Sgt. Melvin Fuller With Confiscated Marijuana Plants in the back of a pickup truck.’  Ann Arbor, Michigan  July 1954  

Washtenaw Grass, 1954

‘Washtenaw county vice squad officers examine some of the more than 200 pounds of marijuana plants confiscated yesterday. The plants, found growing wild on two farms within a 15-mile radius of Ann Arbor, were trucked to the Willow Village Sheriff’s Read More …