Marihuana May Not Be Grown In This City, 1917

Marihuana May Not Be Grown In This City   ‘No more may the festive “marihuana” be grown in the city of Phoenix. Not that it is known to have ever been propagated here to any considerable extent. Nor may it Read More …

Intercept Search, 1969

Man being searched for marijuana by a Border Patrol officer during  ‘Operation Intercept’ (a anti marijuana smuggling campaign) along the United States / Mexico border, 1969  

Custom Transport, 1969

U.S. Customs agents transport a car filled with seized marijuana during ‘Operation Intercept’. San Diego, California 1969 U.S. Customs agents unload seized marijuana in a storage vault during ‘Operation Intercept’, San Diego, California 1969 ‘cache of confiscated marijuana is removed Read More …

Old Woman Hicks Tube Pipe, 1920’s

‘Old Woman Hicks Smoking Her Pipe’ – She is wearing calico dress with blanket around her lower half, her beaded pipebag is in front of her, leather satchel by her side. Pipe looks to be wrapped with leather or cord. Read More …

The Dirtbags of Dope Lake, 1976

“We underestimated the entrepreneurial spirit of certain members of the community” – Park Ranger Tim Setnicka Westbay, Briwell and Long after the first one-day ascent of the Nose, El Cap, Yosemite, CA 1975 The Dirtbags of Dope Lake An outlaw Read More …

The Cowboy Smugglers, 1890

‘Los charros contrabandistas’  (The Cowboy Smugglers), 1890 dice game Gameboard for dice game of the ‘Cowboy Smugglers’ shows Mexican cowboys in charro outfits on horseback, lassoing the 64 spaces on the board. The accompanying text, upper right, provides the rules Read More …

Dick’s Operation, 1969

President Richard Nixon and Mexico’s President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz shake hands at a ceremony on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande River after dedicating the Amistad Dam, in background. September 8, 1969 (less than two weeks before the start Read More …

Our Home Hasheesh Crop, 1926

Hemp plant workers, Mapleton, Minnesota 1943 Our Home Hasheesh Crop The hemp plant, the source of the drug hasheesh, is one of the commonest weeds of the country; but there is little danger that it will seriously promote the drug Read More …

Cannabis Dances with the Devil

“Lady, Poya night, Devil dance, Lady like see?” It was our appoo (house servant) who spoke, I had commissioned him to a acquire all information concerning the holding of such rites, made up of barbarism, superstition and genuine Oriental occultism. Read More …