Jamaican Garden, 1973

Steve Lamb checking out a cannabis garden in Jamaica.  Steve is one of a group of seven men known as the Steinhatchee Seven caught smuggling 9 tons of square grouper into Florida on a shrimp boat in ’73.    Jamaica, Read More …

Uncle Sam Breeds Hemp, 1901

Japanese hemp grown in a field at the Agricultural experiment station, Lexington, Kentucky 1901 Uncle Sam Breeds Hemp In the dwindling days just before America’s cannabis prohibition, Uncle Sam not only grew hemp but also sought to breed the worlds Read More …

African Cobbed Cannabis, 1890

“Hemp for smoking “diamba” Wrapped in leaves of banana. Smoke small leaves around the seed.” Angola, Africa July 25, 1890     Cobbed cannabis is a ancient technique originating from Africa to cure marijuana.  After chopping the harvest and briefly Read More …

Kathmandu Portrait, 1971

‘Portrait of a hippie surrounded by marijuana plants’ in Kathmandu, Nepal 1971  

Sun, Soil, Seeds & Soul, 1979

Sun, Soil, Seeds & Soul This is a article that was published in Blotter Magazine issue #4 in 1979 titled ‘Sun, Soil, Seeds & Soul’.  An amazingly insightful article for its time, the otherwise anonymous author simply signed the story Read More …

Easter in Full Swing

“So high, the highest Hemp” -‘Big Hemp’ Slavic Easter song   Family around the swing, 1890’s     Easter in Full Swing Across the world families wake Easter morning to hunt for eggs with a huge meal to follow, sliding Read More …

Hemp Plots, 1915

“Hemp plots”, at a Agricultural Experiment Station grown by the College of Agriculture under the University of Kentucky August 19, 1915    

Holy Cannabis, 1503

“Non Mudera” translated ‘I won’t change’ -Anne of Brittany Anna di Bretagna (dettaglio) by Jean Bourdichon Holy Cannabis In 1503 a special holy book was commissioned by the only woman to be Queen of France, Twice, Queen Anne of Brittany. Read More …