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In what was likely North America’s first cannabis raid, Los Angeles police descended upon two High Street “dream gardens” in September 1914. Police reported that the “weed is much used in the local Mexican colony” and began finding it “in out-of-the-way nooks and corners” where it would sell for up to $1 per ounce.   The “stuff ofRead more

Just over 100 years ago, a “hashish fad” swept through New York’s literary community. Authors  hoped to find “an accelerator to literary thought and inspiration”… However, they soon discovered that when one ingests extreme doses of cannabis, the effects can be “startling” and things can spiral into ridiculousness. Votaries Tell of the Hashish Fad Indian HempRead more