Sobering thoughts at the Museum of Drugs. The Band of Hope Temperance Movement regularly lectured on the harms of alcohol and the benefits of abstinence. Arthur Houldershaw was a champion of the cause... View MoreSobering thoughts at the Museum of Drugs. The Band of Hope Temperance Movement regularly lectured on the harms of alcohol and the benefits of abstinence. Arthur Houldershaw was a champion of the cause and regularly toured schools and lecture halls in the North of England. The Museum received the entire collection of his amazing diaries and leaflets as a generous donation from his descendants. The collection reveals an industrious and meticulous gentleman who lived and breathed his ambitions for a sober society. Read about his life at www.museumofdrugs.com #abstinence #sobriety
Marihuana - Weed with Roots in Hell. Films from the mid-20th Century were responsible for the proliferation of misinformation about the effects of many drugs, including cannabis. Cannabis in particul... View MoreMarihuana - Weed with Roots in Hell. Films from the mid-20th Century were responsible for the proliferation of misinformation about the effects of many drugs, including cannabis. Cannabis in particular was inexorably linked to Mexican migrant workers, at least in the eyes of the various enforcement administrations who were keen to add drugs to the list of other reasons for suppress their admission to the USA. #marijuana #cannabis #xenophobia Part of the collection at www.museumofdrugs.com
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