Ottawa RCMP had their first encounter with “Indian hemp” in 1932 when they seized a “large quantity” of the “deadly drug.” They boasted that they had “nipped in the bud the scheme of a syndicate to peddle the stuff.” Large Quantity Of Indian Hemp Seized by Police R.C.M.P. Detectives Arrest Two Men Charged With PossessionRead more
While Ottawa police are raiding dispensaries, it’s worth noting that the city’s demand for cannabis dates back to the early 1930s… A rare court case at the time revealed that there was a “great demand for weed”, and that “more people were smoking the hemp every day.” One local woman implored her friend to bringRead more
In 1926, famed Beverly Hills doctor and national US newspaper columnist William A. Brady described his first encounter with“hasheesh”. As a young student, he had found himself alone while his roommate was out “gallivanting”. Bored, he became “what the novelists call intrigued with the therapeutic action of hasheesh” and “slipped over to the drug storeRead more
Warmland has been collecting antique cannabis curiosities and rarities, many of which will soon be on display in the shop. Our latest acquisition is a bottle formerly containing Chlorodyne, manufactured in Philadelphia by Henry K. Walpole & Co. Chlororodyne was a popular remedy in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but its high opiate contentRead more
