Russian Raid, 1956
Russian Drug Agents raid Hemp farm for black market cannabis’, Kyrgyzstan, USSR 1956
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Displaying the War on Drugs
DEA Museum at The Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters in Arlington, Virginia Displaying The War On Drugs In 1999 the DEA decided to put some of those tax dollars to work opening a museum all about, of course, themselves. The Read More …
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
Craddocks Hemp Carding, 1916
A young female worker operating a hemp carding machine at Craddocks Wire Rope Works during WW1. Wakefield, England August 23, 1916
Yank Swaps Pipes, 1945
A United States soldier swaps pipes with a local in Burma, 1945 The Photograph was published on the cover of the United States Military WW2 magazine ‘Yank’ in 1945 YANK – July 1, 1945
Laotian Cannabis Market
“Woman buying marijuana at an open market in Laos. It cost $1.50 per kilo. She filled up her bag and then smuggled it into Thailand, where it was illegal.” Laos, undated
Cambodian Officer Smoke Out, 1973
A Cambodian Army officer, left, exhales marijuana smoke after using a homemade waterpipe as another soldier plays guitar in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1973
Wartime Puffs, 1914
Indian Army soldier smoking a hookah at a WW1 camp in New Forest, England 1914
Crimean Smoke Break, 1855
British officers relax while smoking chibouk (Ottoman) smoking pipes during the Crimean War. Crimea, 1855-1856
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 …