Digging Cozine Avenue, 1951
Inspector Frank Creta watches as the ‘White Wing Squad’ digs up marijuana plants from an empty lot on Cozine Avenue. Brooklyn, New York 1951
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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
Marihuana Plaza, 1938
The Plaza in Vancouver doubling down on the propaganda films showing both ‘Marihuana’ and ‘Assassin of Youth’. Signs on theater read ‘Marijuana (Weed with Roots in Hell)’, ‘Reefer’, ‘Assassin of Youth’. Vancouver, Canada July 22, 1938
Tell Your Children, 1936
Newspaper Movie ad (Ada Ok. Oct 10, 1939) Tell Your Children Following the Victor Licata murder case in 1933, a church group decided to finance a film showing the dangers of ‘marihuana’ to parents… 1933 Victor Licata mug shot Read More …
Snakes in the Grass, 1971
Snakes in the grass by John Knudsen – 1971
Mechanix get High, 1949
“Now a third smoke … a fourth. This time my hands feel huge, my feet miles away. I’m afraid to step out of the chair. A small downward step is like a deep plunge into a dark abyss. That’s the Read More …
Reefer Madness Poster
“Reefer Madness” movie poster re imagined by Timothy Pittides