Marijuana Flambeau, 1978
United States Customs Agent sits on confiscated bales of Marijuana found on the ship the ‘Flambeau’ in the Florida Keys, 1978
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Attempted Smuggling, 1926
‘A Chinese seaman being arrested at the port of New York for the ‘attempted smuggling’.’ New York, 1926
Looking For a Suspect, 1981
Police knock down door looking for suspect in a marijuana bust. San Francisco. August 7, 1981
Confiscated Marijuana, 1937
‘Marijuana confiscated by law enforcement official’, 1937
Sniff Out Demonstration, 1971
“A police dog being used to ‘sniff out’ cannabis in a demonstration.” from the book ‘Drug Exposure; The SA Scene’ by Dr. AD Bensusan, 1971
Reagan’s Symbolic Raid, 1966
Newly elected California Governor Ronald Reagan ordered a symbolic raid on the ‘Psychedelic Shop’ on Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco to make good on his campaign promise to crack down on the ‘hippie movement’. Hoping to find drugs none were found Read More …
Illegal Cache of Marijuana, 1937
‘Four women with an illegal cache of marijuana’, Minnesota 1937
Jamaican Garden, 1973
Steve Lamb checking out a cannabis garden in Jamaica. Steve is one of a group of seven men known as the Steinhatchee Seven caught smuggling 9 tons of square grouper into Florida on a shrimp boat in ’73. Jamaica, Read More …
Everybody Runs, 1977
‘Everybody runs as big drug bust goes down’ in the 500 block of Haight Street in San Francisco, California November 4, 1977
Raiding Humboldt, 1972
Raiding Humboldt A botched narcotics raid on a cloudy Humboldt afternoon in 1972 would forever escalate the war on drugs. Dirk Dickenson and his girlfriend Judy Arnold enjoyed their off grid homesteaded on Pratt mountain in Humboldt County, California. Their Read More …