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Poster advertising the Dana Beal Defense Fund in Madison, WI. Dana Beal was a marijuana activist and a leader of the Youth International Party (Yippies) who had been arrested on marijuana charges in 1971. The poster reads: "Dana Beal is imprisoned in…

Poster advertising the Dana Beal Defense Fund in Madison, WI. Dana Beal was a marijuana activist and a leader of the Youth International Party (Yippies) who had been arrested on marijuana charges in 1971.

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…

Printers proofs of pages from the booklet, Target America: Drug Traffickers, Terrorists, and You, published by the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum in 2004.

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

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

Article from the September 11, 1937, issue of the Wisconsin State Journal reporting the first arrest for marijuana possession in Wisconsin.

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 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.

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

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

Poster (c. 1936) warning about the dangers of marijuana. The poster claims to divulge "heretofore unheard of orgies of youth's dissipation." The text reads: "Adults Only! Exposed! Marihuana, Shattered Hopes! Tangled Lives!"

Poster advertising the 1st Annual Marijuana Harvest Festival in Brittingham Park in Madison, Wisconsin, on September 25, 1971. The event was a fundraiser to raise money for the Dana Beal Defense Fund. Dana Beal was a marijuana activist and a leader…