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Placard printed by the Inter-State Narcotic Association from Chicago, Illinois (c. 1940), warning about the dangers of marijuana. The text reads: "Beware! Young and old people in all walks of life. This marihuana cigarette may be handed you by the…

Article from the October 21, 1938, issue of the Wisconsin State Journal reporting Dane County, Wisconsin's, first marijuana possession case. Harold Thompson, an African American man, received the maximum sentence of a $200 fine or three months in…

Article about marijuana smoking from the November 26, 1938, issue of the Science News Letter.

Letter from Edward Kremers, the Director of the University of Wisconsin Department of Pharmacy, to Eli Lilly and Company on July 16, 1918, explaining that the University of Wisconsin Department of Pharmacy has only "a few handfuls of American…

Letter from Eli Lilly and Company to Edward Kremers, the Director of the University of Wisconsin Department of Pharmacy, on July 5, 1918, asking if Kremers would please advise if he were able to provide them "with any quantity of this drug [American…

Letter from Eli Lilly and Company to Edward Kremers, the Director of the University of Wisconsin Department of Pharmacy, on June 15, 1918, asking to "obtain any quantity possible of American Cannabis, high test."

Cover page of a pamphlet written by Herbert C. Hamilton about the medicinal value of cannabis sativa. The article originally appeared in the Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association on April 4, 1915. It was reprinted by Parke Davis for its…

Article about cannabis indica by John Humphrey, which details the chemical composition of the plant. From the July 1902 issue of Merck's Report.

Article about Indian Hemp cultivation and manufacturing by William Mair from the September 1, 1898, issue of The Pharmaceutical Era.

Article about an anti-marijuana campaign in Dane County, Wisconsin, published by the Wisconsin State Journal on September 4, 1938.

Article about hemp agriculture in Wisconsin and how the hemp grown there was sold to the U.S. Navy during World War II. From the Milwaukee Sentinel, December 1, 1940.

Article about hemp agriculture in Wisconsin and how the hemp grown there was sold to the U.S. Navy during World War II. From the University of Wisconsin News Bulletin, November 20, 1940.

Article from the Literary Digest about hemp agriculture, January 27, 1923.

Illustration of Cannabis Sativa from the Western Druggist in April 1899.

Entry for African Cannabis in Squibb's Atlas of Official Drugs written by William Mansfield and published in 1919.

Entry for Indian Cannabis in Squibb's Atlas of Official Drugs written by William Mansfield and published in 1919.

Entry for American Cannabis in Squibb's Atlas of Official Drugs written by William Mansfield and published in 1919.

Illustration of Cannabis Indica from the Romance of Empire Drugs published by Stafford Allen & Sons in 1932.