Russian Drug Raid, 1957
‘Russian drug raid’ Kazakh, Russia 1957
Tag: opium
Lit Water Pipe, 1956
‘Man smoking a water pipe lit by servant’, Vietnam 1956
Demon Rum, 1919
‘Demon Rum Leads To Heroin “And the last state of that man is worst than the first”‘ – Editorial cartoon showing ‘Uncle Sam’ bothered by Demon Rum and the various monsters of drug addition which follow him (laudanum, opium, cocaine, Read More …
Big Eddy Poppy, 1920’s
Camouflaged poppy field in Big Eddy, British Columbia, Canada 1920’s
Attempted Smuggling, 1926
‘A Chinese seaman being arrested at the port of New York for the ‘attempted smuggling’.’ New York, 1926
Vintage Headshop, 1903
‘Roy Smythe in his ‘pool hall and tobacco store’ selling hookahs and pipes on the counter with opium pipes under the counters glass.’ Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada opened in 1903
The Oregano Scam, 1981
D.C Police 1986 The Oregano Scam In 1981 the District of Columbia broke their own record, 86 citizens dead from overdoses due to heroin. To combat the growing opium problem in the city, police launched a all out offensive on Read More …
Yearly Collection of Narcotics, 1925
“The yearly collection of narcotics seized by the Narcotic Bureau of the New York Police Department during the year 1924. These 1516 parcels representing 2732 arrests are valued at $2,500,000. The individuals shown are Police Commissioner Richard K. Wright and Read More …
Opium Capital Punishment, 1937
‘Three Chinese men about to be executed because their opium rehabilitation in prison hasn’t had any effect’ Beijing, China 1937
Afghan War Charas, 1984
This is translated from a interview of a Russian special forces officer named Sergei Dubko (Intelligence, 56 DSB, Logar Province) talking about the War against Afghanistan. He was stationed inside Afghanistan between 1984-1985. In the discussion he was talking about Read More …