20 September 1911
China’s anti-opium policy: fields of beautiful but deadly poppies are gone. Crop change brings cheaper food but those unhappy with the policy are ruthlessly crushed.
18 February 1926
Lifestyle of the modern girl condemned.
11 May 1967
Rolling Stones on drug charges: Mick Jagger and Keith Richard sent for trial at West Sussex Quarter Sessions at Chichester.
13 August 1968
Doctor says ‘pot’ is preferable to some activities. According to him, cannabis is not a dangerous drug and presents a “very very minor problem.”
29 November 1968
John Lennon fined £150 with 20 guineas costs at Marylebone Court in London yesterday after admitting possessing the drug cannabis.
20 March 1971
Mice die after being injected with cannabis. The experiment seems to raise more questions than it answers.
4 October 1971
Spiders on LSD take a tangled trip: drugs experiment makes stoned spiders spin webs which are both ugly and inefficient at catching flies.
14 February 1972
US may ease marijuana laws: a presidential commission report concludes that penalties for private use and possession of marijuana should be abolished.
24 April 1981
‘Coke’ investigation adds strife to Hollywood’s high society: the joke in Hollywood is that when the film director shouts ‘Cut!’ the stars reach for their stash of cocaine.
24 July 2011
Nixon’s ‘war on drugs’ began 40 years ago, and the battle is still raging: politicians in Latin America are calling to review all options – from full legalisation to a new war.
24 May 2017
Study finds mushrooms are the safest recreational drug.
16 October 2018
Canada becomes the second country to legalise recreational cannabis after Uruguay in 2013.
