An informational film produced in 1942 by the United States Department of Agriculture to encourage farmers to grow hemp for the war effort during World War II. The film details the many industrial uses of hemp, including cloth and cordage, as well as…
Printers proofs of pages from the booklet, Target America: Drug Traffickers, Terrorists, and You, published by the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum in 2004.
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.
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…
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 December 3, 1940, issue of the Wisconsin State Journal.
Poster advertising a marijuana decriminalization rally in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sunday, September 30, 1979. The rally supported a decriminalization bill introduced in the Wisconsin state legislature by David Clarenbach, the state representative from…
Poster advertising a marijuana decriminalization rally in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sunday, September 30, 1979. The rally supported a decriminalization bill introduced in the Wisconsin state legislature by David Clarenbach, the state representative from…
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 (c.1936) warning about the dangers of marijuana. The title reads: "Marihuana Weed with roots in hell! Not recommended for children." The text reads "weird orgies, wild parties, unleashed passions."