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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."

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!"

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

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…

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

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

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

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

Bottle of fluid extract of cannabis manufactured by Parke, Davis & Company on November 7, 1928.

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 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.

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

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…

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

Pamphlet titled "Marihuana: Some Questions and Answers" (Public Health Service Publication NO. 1829) published by the Public Information Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in about…