Gourd Waterpipe, 1880

‘Men outside a hut’ smoking a water pipe made from a gourd,  taken by Antoin Sevruguin,  Qajar, Iran  1880-1900     Tis the season, have you picked out that perfect gourd yet?       The look when you don’t Read More …

Dervishes in the Garden, 1870

‘Dervishes in the Garden’ smoking pipes and playing music photographed by Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov in Tehran, Iran ( Persia )   1870’s    

Moorish Court Reception, 1910

‘Moorish Court Reception’, Ladies smoking & drinking tea, Algiers, Africa 1910      

Afghan War Charas, 1984

This is translated from a interview of a Russian special forces officer named Sergei Dubko (Intelligence, 56 DSB, Logar Province) talking about the War against Afghanistan. He was stationed inside Afghanistan between 1984-1985. In the discussion he was talking about Read More …

Pop Pot, 1973

An unidentified chemist holds a container of marijuana plants found by police in an apartment in Northwest Washington D.C. in 1973.      

A Ganja Field, 1894

“A Ganja Field” Khandesh, India – 1894 (Photo from the British ‘Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895′) Plate 70

The Founding Growers: Part 1, George Washington: The Gentleman Grower, 1765

“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. The checks he endeavors to give it, however warrantable by ancient usage, will, more than probably, kindle a flame, which may not be easily extinguished; tho’ for Read More …