A Parents Guide to Drug Abuse, 1971

‘Unavoidable feeling of Euphoria – Cannabis’ from A Parents Guide to Drug Abuse in OZ magazine  April 1971  

The Narc Poster, 1972

‘These men are Narcotics Agents :  Due to the imminent possibility of more drug busts this weekend, we feel that these pictures of NARCS must come out immediately. Study them – Put them up – Pass them around – Everyone Read More …

Sweet Bird of Youth, 1962

Paul Newman and Geraldine Page smoking hashish in ‘Sweet Bird of Youth’  1962       “This is pretty high-class pot. Where’d you get it? You beautiful, stupid young man. That is not pot. It’s hashish. Moroccan, and the finest.  Read More …

Party at Powder Ridge, 1970

“There will be no festival. I can assure you of that,” -State Sen. John Pickett of Middletown Crowds at Powder Ridge Rock Festival July 31, 1970 Party At Powder Ridge The Festival that was never to be quickly turned into Read More …

Satchmo’s Mule, 1958

“Louie smokes marijuana?” – Richard Nixon’s response when he was told he had smuggled cannabis through customs for Louis Armstrong by his aid Charles McWhorter Louis Armstrong talks with Richard Nixon   Satchmo’s Mule Louis Armstrong was considered a master Read More …

Grading Ganja, 1893

Gathering the Ganja Crop, Naogaon, India – February 16, 1894   Grading Ganja In 1893 the British undertook an extensive study in India to look at all things Indian Hemp.   The study looked at all aspects of the plant using Read More …

Like Acid Raindrops, 1970

A man wearing a hat, shorts, and fringed vest, with a pipe strung onto hit belt loop, dances among a crowd of other audience members at the Sound Storm music festival Poynette, Wisconsin 1970 Like Acid Raindrops There had been Read More …

Attempted Smuggling, 1926

‘A Chinese seaman being arrested at the port of New York for the ‘attempted smuggling’.’  New York, 1926    

Ganja Plant Almost Ready To Cut, 1894

“Ganja plant almost ready to cut”, Naogaon, India February 16, 1894 (Photo from the British ‘Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895’) Plate 35    

Dr Poppy’s Wonder Elixir, 1946

‘Dr Poppy’s Wonder Elixir’, the sale of Dr Poppy’s started in the late 1800’s and sold in Australia up until the end of WW2, this sign dates to 1946 and was found in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia   “A Read More …