Russian Raid, 1956
Russian Drug Agents raid Hemp farm for black market cannabis’, Kyrgyzstan, USSR 1956
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Narcotic Arsenal, 1957
‘Deputy Sheriff Earl Talbot and Deputy Sheriff Woody Caruth posing with arsenal taken from home in a narcotic raid.’ Los Angeles, California May 13, 1957
Six Bags of Marijuana, 1969
‘Frank J. Long, custom agent with six bags of confiscated marijuana’, in San Francisco, California October 16, 1969
Washtenaw Grass, 1954
‘Washtenaw county vice squad officers examine some of the more than 200 pounds of marijuana plants confiscated yesterday. The plants, found growing wild on two farms within a 15-mile radius of Ann Arbor, were trucked to the Willow Village Sheriff’s Read More …
Looking For a Suspect, 1981
Police knock down door looking for suspect in a marijuana bust. San Francisco. August 7, 1981
Reagan’s Symbolic Raid, 1966
Newly elected California Governor Ronald Reagan ordered a symbolic raid on the ‘Psychedelic Shop’ on Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco to make good on his campaign promise to crack down on the ‘hippie movement’. Hoping to find drugs none were found Read More …
Everybody Runs, 1977
‘Everybody runs as big drug bust goes down’ in the 500 block of Haight Street in San Francisco, California November 4, 1977
Raiding Humboldt, 1972
Raiding Humboldt A botched narcotics raid on a cloudy Humboldt afternoon in 1972 would forever escalate the war on drugs. Dirk Dickenson and his girlfriend Judy Arnold enjoyed their off grid homesteaded on Pratt mountain in Humboldt County, California. Their Read More …
Fragrant Flower Shop, 1954
Fragrant Flower Shop “FLOWERS AND DOPE: Figuring prominently in yesterday’s major dope arrests was the Fragrant Flower Shop, at 729 Washington-st, San Francisco… The shop was a ‘front’ for dope dealings.” April 5, 1954
Hopping for Change, 1967
Joint Factory’, John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins rolling Marijuana Joints ready for a Party, London, ca. 1964 Hopping for Change In 1967 photographer, club owner and co-founder of the Newspaper ‘the International Times’ John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins was arrested for marijuana possession in Read More …