Parke, Davis & Company advertisement, 1957

I can’t even make this stuff up… “You say you paid $9.oo to get that one prescription filled? Wow!” “Depends on how you look at it. That medicine kept me from missing weeks of work… Maybe saved my life. I Read More …

Visions of America, 3780 BC

“The root is of nearly medium size, sending forth no branches or leaves above the ground, but with a certain woolliness adhering to it on account of which it could not aptly be figured by me. Both men and women Read More …

Ganja plant ready for cutting, 1894

“Ganja plant ready for cutting, some of the dried leaves still adhering” Naogaon, India – February 16, 1894 (Photo from the British ‘Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895’) Plate 85  

Poppies of Oz, 1900

The Scarecrow and Tin Woodman carry a sleeping Dorothy and Toto out from the field of Deadly poppies. By W. W. Denslow circa 1900     “All across the meadows, many poppies blossomed, and that were so hypnotic and brilliant Read More …

A Ganja Field, 1894

“A Ganja Field” Khandesh, India – 1894 (Photo from the British ‘Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895′) Plate 70

Specimens of Male and Female Hemp, 1893

“Specimens of male(right) and female(left) hemp plants from the seed field, Khandwa, India” October 28, 1893, from the British ‘Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895’ Plate 97  

Disperceptions of Unknown Cause, 1951

“For every drug that benefits a patient, there is a natural substance that can achieve the same effect.” -Dr. Carl Pfeiffer Dr. Harry L. Williams (left) administers LSD to Dr. Carl Pfeiffer, chairman of Emory University’s Pharmacological Department, in 1955 Read More …