Beware! Young and old – people in all walks of life! This may be handed you by the friendly stranger. It contains the Killer Drug “Marihuana” – a powerful narcotic in which lurks Murder! Insanity! Dea

A$400 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

[Chicago, Illinois : Insanity Inc., ca. 1970 ]. Poster, offset-printed, 48 x 68 cm; in fine condition, unbacked and unmounted. This anti-marijuana propaganda sheet was originally issued by the USA Federal Bureau of Narcotics in 1935. It was reproduced and sold commercially around 1970, its alarmist claims and emotive language making it a ready-made piece of social satire for the post-hippie era.

• Binding: Hardcover

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