Smoking in Saigon, 1971

‘American GI’s smoke marijuana at an off-base apartment in Saigon’, Vietnam 1971              

Wanted Us To Try Hashish, 1940

“Smoking a hookah or bubble pipe at El Kantara on Suez Canal. The Arabs wanted us to try hashish but we declined.”  Australian soldiers during WW2,  Egypt 1940        

European War Kif Break, 1914

‘Indian troops enjoy a pipe of kif during the European War’, World War One postcard  1914    

Cambodian Soldiers Light Up, 1973

Light Up Time: “A Cambodian soldier exhales after taking a heavy draw on his marijuana water pipe recently during a break in fighting along Route 30, south of Phnom Penh.  The drug is popular with Cambodian troops, who usually smoke Read More …

Civil War Smoke Break, 1865

‘Tintype portrait of a group of Union officers of the the 45th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment smoking pipes and cigars and drinking wine during the Civil War’      

Jam Jar Hookah, 1915

Jam Jar Hookah:  “Wounded Indian smoking through a jam jar”.  During WW1 at a hospital in Brighton, England August 1915    

Soldiers Searched, 1969

‘Police dogs trained to smell out hidden marijuana examine U.S. Soldiers luggage at the airport during the Vietnam War’, Vietnam Airport 1969    

Hemp Santa

“he looked like a pedler just opening his pack. His eyes—how they twinkled! His dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard Read More …

Hippies Claim Dope Imports Improving, 1969

Hippies Claim Dope Imports Improving One beautiful by product of being 6% of the worlds population and polluting and owning 60% of the planets wealth is our newest colonies finest import – Vietnamese Marijuana. As our heroic men smoke dope Read More …