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Marihuana Smokers Arrested Even before cannabis became illegal under a local El Paso city ordinance in 1914, El Paso police found a way to enforce the imaginary… My favorite form of cannabis measurement… The “Bucket” Marihuana Smokers Arrested Charged Read More …
“Dope suspect”, Rudy Lara (suspect); officer Steve Broadhurst and officer Rocky Lucarelli find bags of marijuana hidden in car seats. Los Angeles, California August 20, 1951
“Dope Raid” Alfred Perez – 24 years (narcotic suspect) on the Left; Ray Huber (officer) on the Right examining confiscated marijuana. Police headquarters Los Angeles, California – May 16, 1951
“We’d take a gas mask and take the filters out and tape over them, and just make a hole in one of the filters. We’d stick a joint in the gas mask and puff like mad, just keep breathing until Read More …
Robert King, Sgt. State Narcotics inspector and John O’Grady of LAPD Narcotics Bureau, examine some of the peyote & cannabis picked up in a raid. California, 1958
Photograph from Jerry Rubin’s Cook County Prison Journal ‘We Are Everywhere’ – 1971
The Illustrated Police News. Volume 21, Issue 541 – 3/10/1877 Authorities get a Handle on Hemp This little story from the 1877 Illustrated Police Newspaper is an example of the power of Hemp in the wrong hands… Hanging, beating, Read More …
“Lay low, boys, Its a hot summer!”, ‘Heat Wave In St. Louis County’s Rat Alley’ from The St. Louis Post, 7-21-1953. (Included in the businesses ‘Marijuana Shoppe’)
Sheriff’s Secretarty Sonia Simone and Lieutenant Ray Huber posing with evidence including marijuana stuffed womens nylons. Los Angeles, California Marijuana raid, October 31, 1951
“We played out our fantasies like children. We were kids playing “grown-up games.” You can be whatever you want to be when you’re a kid.” – From Jerry Rubin’s Cook County Prison Journal ‘We Are Everywhere’ – 1971