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 …

As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young, 1664

‘As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young’ by Jan Steen in 1664 The painting is used as a proverb by the artist portraying the message that ‘children copy adults’.  Artist Jan Steen decided to use his actual family in Read More …

Mr. Burroughs in Morocco, 1892

‘Cafe with a view’, Tangiers, Morocco 1940     Mr. Burroughs in Morocco   He smokes hashish, has visions, and sets out to the English chemist in quest of an antidote. Mr. Burroughs’s peregrinations recently brought him to the city Read More …

Dervishes in the Garden, 1870

‘Dervishes in the Garden’ smoking pipes and playing music photographed by Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov in Tehran, Iran ( Persia )   1870’s    

Musical Marijuana, 1865

  Gypsy Musicians perform in the Russian Empire, 1865   Musical Marijuana From humanities earliest musical notes, the fans who followed the sound have shared in a ancient musical tradition handed down for centuries: smoking cannabis! Smoking hashish from a 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 …

Cambodian Officer Smoke Out, 1973

A Cambodian Army officer, left, exhales marijuana smoke after using a homemade waterpipe as another soldier plays guitar in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1973    

We Wanna Be Stoned, 1965

‘We Wanna Be Stoned Like You’, Rolling Stones fans hold sign’s at Oslo’s Fornebu airport as the band arrive for a concert.  Oslo, Norway July 23 1965    

Stamping Ground, 1970

Kralingen Pop Festival in Rotterdam, Holland 1970 Crowd smokes cannabis at the Kralingen Pop Festival, Rotterdam, Holland 1970     Stamping Ground – Kralingen Pop festival 1970 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLiIEWtZzhY&t=333s