Cannabis Trafficking in Southeast Asia During the 1980s
The rise and collapse of the Thai cannabis export trade in the 1980s.
Cannabis Trafficking in Southeast Asia During the 1990s
The 1990s marked contraction and regional reconfiguration of Southeast Asian cannabis trade after the Thai sti...
Cannabis Trafficking in Sub-Saharan Africa During the 1910s
Colonial law, migrant labor, and regional trade shaped early cannabis control in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Cannabis Trafficking in Sub-Saharan Africa During the 1930s
How colonial enforcement and international treaties criminalized established African cannabis trade.
Cannabis Trafficking in Sub-Saharan Africa During the 1940s
Colonial-era drug trade patterns and the emergence of organized cannabis networks in Africa.
Cannabis Trafficking in Western Europe During the 1940s
A small-scale trade constrained by war, overshadowed by opiates, and reshaped after 1945.
Cannabis Trafficking in Western Europe During the 2000s
Dutch production and Balkan routes transformed Western European cannabis markets in the 2000s.
Cannabis Trafficking in Western Europe During the 20th Century
From colonial margins to Moroccan dominance: the supply routes, key shifts, and enduring myths.
Cannabis Trafficking in the Caribbean During the 1920s
Small-scale cannabis smuggling in the Caribbean during Prohibition, overshadowed by alcohol trafficking.
Cannabis Trafficking in the Middle East During the 1970s
The Lebanese Civil War and regional consolidation transformed Middle Eastern hashish into a major Western trad...
Cannabis Trafficking in the United States During the 1940s
Mexican-sourced cannabis and domestic hemp paradoxes during wartime and postwar prohibition.
Cannabis Trafficking in the United States During the 1950s
Mexican supply, low volumes, and the federal laws that set the stage for mass criminalization.
Cannabis Trafficking in the United States During the 1970s
The decade that transformed the US cannabis market from Mexico to Colombia to homegrown.
Cannabis Use Among U.S. Soldiers in the Vietnam War
Widespread use among American troops prompted crackdowns that inadvertently drove adoption of harder drugs.
Cannabis Use in Sufi Orders
Medieval Islamic mysticism, cannabis use, and how the Western legend was built.
Cannabis activism in the Middle East during the 2000s
How a small network of harm-reduction and legalization advocates emerged in a region with severe prohibition.
Cannabis and Bob Marley's Death: Rumor vs. Reality
Separating the documented melanoma diagnosis from decades of false cause-of-death claims.
Cannabis and Canadian Music in the 1960s
Cannabis spread through Canadian rock and folk scenes in the mid-1960s, concentrated in Yorkville and other ur...
Cannabis and Western European Popular Music in the 1970s
Reggae, tolerance policy, and cultural narratives that shaped European music in the 1970s.
Cannabis at Coachella
How the desert music festival became a de facto cannabis showcase despite never officially allowing on-site co...
Cannabis at Glastonbury Festival
Cannabis visibility, tolerance and enforcement at the UK's most famous music festival.
Cannabis at Monterey Pop 1967
The festival where cannabis became a mainstream image, and the myths that grew around it.
Cannabis at Music Festivals: A History
How cannabis became central to festival culture despite remaining illegal almost everywhere.
Cannabis at Woodstock
How a festival became a turning point in American cannabis visibility.