Hemp Follows the Needle

Cover of ‘Games and songs of American children’ by William Newell in 1884 Hemp Follows the Needle Our culture with hemp is so intertwined within the human experience that to this day, we still teach hemp culture to our children Read More …

The Hemp Seed Halloween Spell

The Hemp Seed Halloween Spell This Halloween anyone can find their one true love, no need for that high priced party you only need a pocket full of hemp seed! Tam O’Shanter and the Witches, illustration by John Faed to Read More …

Pasha and Bedouin, 1858

‘Pasha and Bedouin’, photographed by Roger Fenton in England 1858  

Craddocks Hemp Carding, 1916

A young female worker operating a hemp carding machine at Craddocks Wire Rope Works during WW1.   Wakefield, England  August 23, 1916    

Jam Jar Hookah, 1915

Jam Jar Hookah:  “Wounded Indian smoking through a jam jar”.  During WW1 at a hospital in Brighton, England August 1915    

A British Surgeon puts Ganjah on the Medical Map, 1813

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 …

Thanksgiving’s Peace Pipe, 1621

“when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.” – William Shakespeare writes In The Tempest (Shakespeare would most likely have saw Epenow when he was kidnapped Read More …