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Turkish figures smoking a pipe standing beside a horse’ sketch by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873) The Syrian Horse In 1851, a western author traveling through the middle east witnessed a peculiar surgery performed on a horse. While Read More …
‘The Smokers of Hashish’ by Norman Berrow, 1934 “When young Bill Hamilton decides to spend some time in exotic Tangier, he tells his mother he’s mainly looking for romance and adventure. But when he gets there, he finds much more Read More …
By God, bravo, hashish! It stirs deep meanings. Do not pay attention to those who blame it. Refrain from the daughter of the vines And do not be stingy with it. Eat it dry always and live! By God, bravo, Read More …
King Comics #42, October 1939
‘Intorno alla anatomia della canapa’ (‘Around the hemp anatomy’) (Cannabis sativa L.) By Giovanni Briosi & Filippo Tognini published in 1894 1. Portion of a female inflorescence. Grand. nat. 2. An isolated female flower; b Read More …
“Non Mudera” translated ‘I won’t change’ -Anne of Brittany Anna di Bretagna (dettaglio) by Jean Bourdichon Holy Cannabis In 1503 a special holy book was commissioned by the only woman to be Queen of France, Twice, Queen Anne of Brittany. Read More …
‘Fighting The Lawmen’, Hackney Community Defense Association “Everybody knew that drug dealing went on in Sandringham Road. It was common knowledge that police officers took money and drugs from dealers. They would pocket the money and supply the drugs Read More …
“Low-caste Bengalees,” from ‘India and its Native Princes’ by Louis Rousselet, 1878 “Low caste inhabitants of Cawnpore”, India 1881 engraving print
The Giantess In those days when Nature’s overwhelming Lust Engendered infant-monsters day by day I’d love to have lived with a young giantess. Like a lazy cat at the foot of my queen I’d lay. I’d watch her grow into Read More …
Untitled watercolor by Anon, 1820. Captioned – A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi. A British Surgeon puts Ganjah on the Medical Map In Read More …