Kentland Hemp Pickers, 1969

‘The jail cell here is crowded with hippies arrested for attempting to harvest the area’s wild marijuana crop which grows in ditches and pastures. Police have arrested 24 long haired types from all over the country on charges of possessing Read More …

Police Blow, 1990

‘National protest day for the preservation of the Dutch soft drugs policy. Dealers share free pre-finished marijuana blows on the Dam.’  Amsterdam  January 20, 1990        

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 …

Predawn Raids, 1936

‘Charged with the sale of marijuana Wednesday after pre-dawn raids was Virgil ‘Smiley’ Smith, 48, of 411 N Eastern.’ Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  March 6, 1936      

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 …

Root of an Evil, 1954

‘Root of an Evil’  – Police officer Bernard Gallagher uproots a marijuana plant in Golden Gate Park. Tended by a gardener who said he didn’t know what it was, the plant was capable of producing about $100 worth of dope.  Read More …

Mueller Report, 1978

‘Robert S. Mueller III, then Assistant U.S. Attorney in San Francisco, and Daniel Addario, Special Agent in charge, DEA San Francisco, standing in front of a 547 pound hashish seizure’.  Concord, California  January 1978    

Mercy 5.5 Tons of Marijuana, 1971

‘5.5 tons of marijuana in a Hertz truck, loaded off two vessels. The larger boat is the Andiamo, the smaller one the Mercy Wiggins AKA the Ruth Ann’.  San Francisco, California  May 5, 1971   Walter Pardaen with the life Read More …

The Narc Poster, 1972

‘These men are Narcotics Agents :  Due to the imminent possibility of more drug busts this weekend, we feel that these pictures of NARCS must come out immediately. Study them – Put them up – Pass them around – Everyone Read More …