Smoking in Saigon, 1971

‘American GI’s smoke marijuana at an off-base apartment in Saigon’, Vietnam 1971              

The Treatment of Hemp, 1925

‘The Treatment of Hemp’ photographed by Karel Plicka.   Prislop, Slovakia 1925    

Fumador de Kif, 1876

‘Fumador de Kif’ (Kief Smoker) by Emilio Sala Frances  1876  

Sweet Idleness, 1908

‘Dolce far niente’ / Sweet Idleness, postcard of a Baluba Man smoking from a water pipe.  Belgian Congo, Africa  around 1908          

Barrack Bag Deposit, 1958

‘Marijuana is weighed and checked by Jim Farris, left, Sheriff Bob Turner and O.E. Higginbotham. Recovered after local farmer called deputies to investigate a army barracks bag deposited by two men in his fields four miles north of Oklahoma City.’  Read More …

Nénoucha and her Musician, 1900’s

‘Nénoucha and her Musician’, scenes et types de l’afrique du nord postcard.  Taourirt, Morocco early 20th century    

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 …

Job Papier, 1894

‘Papier à cigarettes’ advertisement for Job rolling papers by Georges Meunier in 1894    

Hemp Processing Machine, 1920/30’s

‘Men watch over a hemp breaking machine, in the background women finish the processed hemp with a whipping motion before placing the finished hemp bundles onto a table(cart?)’  Bologna, Italy 1920/30s