THE REEFER MADNESS ERA


WANTED (Possible) REEFER MADNESS ARTICLES

The museum is actively looking for copies of the following magazines, which may or may not contain reefer madness articles. Although not certain, we have never seen actual copies of them), we believe that most of them do and needless to say the reader is encourage to help us locate and make photocopies of them for us.


LAST UPDATE - OCT. 2005

Adventure --[Wanted]
[ ]- Jun 15, 1930 - “The Tiger Hashishin” Hurst, S. B. H.
[ ]- Jan, 1957 - “Reefer” Garrison, Webb B.

Black Mask--[Wanted]
[ ]- Apr, 1930 - “Red Hemp” Decolta, Ramon

Big Book Detective Magazine - Canadian pulp. --[Wanted]
[ ]- June 1944 - Vol 2 - Number 12. 80 pages. Magazine

CAVALCADE MAGAZINE --[Wanted]
[ ]- Oct. 13, 1948 "Marijuana: The Facts".

Complete Detective Novel Magazine--[Wanted]
[ ]- Nov, 1933 -- “Marihuana Joe” Wolfe, Edgar Forest

CRIME DETECTIVE: --[Wanted]
[ ]- “I fed the Marijuana Monster” - Winter 1945

Detective and Murder Mysteries --[Wanted]
[ ]- Mar, 1939 - “The Devil Peddles Reefers” Wallington, Grantly

DETECTIVE FICTION Weekly--[Wanted]
[ ]- Marihuana - By Woolrich, Cornell May 3-1941

DETECTIVE MAGAZINE--[Wanted]
[ ]- “Trailing Cleveland's Marihuana Killers” May 1948

DETECTIVE WORLD--[Wanted]
[ ]- “Marijuana I sold Hollywood Stars” Feb 1948

Double Action Gang--[Wanted]
[ ]- April 1939. "Reefer Shakedown" a story about a senator's daughter running around naked after smoking pot By Hugh J. Gallagher
[ ]- Dec 1938. "Reefer Spawn", Price, E. Hoffmann -- all about a " 'Mary Warner" sex-mad orgy
[ ]- Jun, 1938 - “On the Weed” Moynahan, James H. S.

Doc Savage Science Detective -[Wanted]
[ ]- Jan,-Feb. 1948 - vol.XXIX no.6 "Cannabis Sativa" by H. Bedford-Jones "Flower of Death" by Everett M. Weber

ENKEPHALOS -[Wanted]
[ ]- Gardikas, Hashish and crime - 1950 2 201

Flynn's Weekly -[Wanted]
[ ]- Aug 14, 1926 “Hemp Enough” Bouv, Winston

Front Page Detective --[Wanted]
[ ]- June, 1942 - Marihuana Murder for the Scheming Mistress

FOCUS - Pocket Magazine --[Wanted]
[ ]- Cities Of Sin” a story on the drug problem and photos of marijuana cigarettes - Sept 1951

GLANCE or Glance Digest --[Wanted] [June 1957] An article about “The Dance They Banned in England - Bizarre Picture Article on Dancer Lili Brede's Marijuana-Smoking Dance Routine”

Good health --[Wanted]
[ ]- vol. 73, no. 3, March, 1938 "Tobacco the master killer - Marihuana, the new habit-forming drug" - Author: Kellogg, John Publication: [Battle Creek, Mich. : Good Health Pub., Year: 1938 - Description: p. 75 ; 30 cm. In: OCLC: 43335049

HEATH DIGEST--[Wanted]
[ ]- “Mary Warner, Public Healthy Enemy No. 7” - By C.M. Weber Vol. 3, 1936 page. 77-78

Hollywood Detective --[Wanted]
[ ]- Jun, 1949“Reefer Reel” Calder, Ellery Watson

Hutchinson's Mystery Story Magazine --[Wanted]
[ ]- Jan, 1924 - “ The Lure of the Weed” Pendarves, G. G.

Illustrated magazine (British Magazine) --[Wanted]
[ ]- Feb 9th 1952 - Article on marijuana, where a special investigator goes to a reefer party and reveals what happens when the guests become high.

Indian annals of medical science--[Wanted]
[ ]- Tetanus treated with large Doses of Indian Hemp - By Dr. S.G. Chuckerbutty - July 1868

Indian Medical Gazette--[Wanted]
[ ]- ROBERTSON-MILNE, C. J.: Notes on insanity with illustrative cases, Indian Medical Gazette, Calcutta, 1906, 41, pp 129-132.
[ ]- PEEBLES, A. S. M.; MANN, H. W.: Ganja as a cause of insanity and crime in Bengal, Indian Medical Gazette, Calcutta, 1914, 491, pages 395-396.
[ ]- PREBLES, A. S. M.; MANN, H. V.: Gania as a cause of insanity and crime in Bengal, Indian Medical Gazette, Calcutta, India, 1914, 49, page 295.
[ ]- CHATTERJI, D. N.; ROY, M. B.: The valuation of Charas, Indian Medical Gazette, Calcutta, 1929, 64, pages 373-374.

INSIDE DETECTIVE: --[Wanted]
[ ]- November 1950- One-Way to Hell” ...by Phil Dorf Four page article on the perils of drug addiction - "From two or three sticks of marijuana a day she progressed to 'weed parties' and then to heroin.

Journal of the Imperial Institute--[Wanted]
[ ]- EDITOR: Cannabis sativa (indica), Indian hemp, or ganja, journal of the Imperial Institute, London, 1896, 2, pages 105-106.

THE KEYNOTE: - Monthly publication of the Detroit Federation of musicians
[ ]- Editorial - Jan/Feb 1941

Lancette Gazette Hospital --[Wanted]
[ ]- Moreau de Tours, J.J.: Lancette Gazette Hospital 30: 391 (1857)

Man To Man Magazine - Volitant Publishing Corp. --[Wanted]
[ ]- Aug/Sept 1950 Vol. 1, #5 - "The Truth about narcotics " By Eugene B. Mozes, M.D. with one illustrated and three photos!! The author, a frequent contributor to the medical journals, he is a recognized authority on all forms of narcotic addiction here are facts about Opium, Morphine, Marihuana, Cocaine and other such drugs!!!
[ ]- February 1953 - "Man To Man The Stag Magazine." Great cheesecake photos along with articles on hashish, gorilla hunting in the Congo, pills that increase brain power, new venereal diseases, nudist bathing, TVs shocking sex problems etc.
[ ]- 1954 - hashish, sub-genius, camp (not important)
[ ]- Dec. 1954 "How It Feels To Smoke Hashish"
[ ]- Man To Man Summer Annual 1956, pub. by Picture Magazines Inc. Weird Effects Of Marijuana Smoking.

Madras Quarterly Medical journal--[Wanted]
[ ]- SHAW, J.: On the use of the Cannabis Indica (or Indian Hemp) Ist, in tetanus; 2nd, in hydrophobia; 3rd, in cholera, with remarks on its effects, Madras Quarterly Medical journal, Madras, India, 1843, 5, pages 74-80.
[ ]- LAURANCE, J.: On the prevalence of, and ill effects resulting from, the use of Bhang and other narcotic drugs, in the native army, Madras Quarterly Medical journal, Madras, 1844, 6, pages 274-278.

MASTER DETECTIVE MAGAZINE --[Wanted]
[ ]- SEPT. 1938 - "Marijuana Madness!" by John C. Devlin & Dunlen Hurley,

Modern medical Monographs--[Wanted]
[ ]- Note on the extracts of cannabis indica Mon. Med. 1890 15, 461-465

Modern Romances--[Wanted]
[ ]- Dec. 1938 - Woman Against Evil, and Reefer Club

Medical Times, London--[Wanted]
[ ]- MERCER, W.: Cannabis indica, Chicago Medical Times, 1901, 34, pages 165-167.
[ ]- ALLMAN, J. D.: Cannabis indica, Medical Times, London, 1911, 39, pages 765-766.

Missouri Peace Officers Association --[Wanted]
[poor copy]- Oct. 1, 1941 - Marihuana the assassin of the human mind by H. Anslinger

Monthly journal of Medical Science--[Wanted]
[ ]- MILLER, J.: Case of Traumatic tetanus, following injury of the finger; treated by amputation of the injured part, the application of cold to the spine, and the internal use of cannabis indica, Monthly journal of Medical Science, London and Edinburgh, 1845, 5, pages 22-30.
[ ]- TAYLOR: On chorea and its connection with mitral valvular disease; and on its treatment by Indian hemp, Medical Argus and Advocate of the General Practioner of Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery. 1845, 1, page. Abstract in Monthly journal of Medical Science, London and Edinburgh, 1845, 5, pages 304-305.
[ ]- CHRISTISON: On the natural history, action and uses of Indian Hemp, Monthly journal of Medical Science, London and Edinburgh, 1851, 13, pages 26-45, 117-121.
[ ]- GRIGOR, J.: Indian hemp as an oxytocic, Monthly Journal of Medical Science, London and Edinburgh, 1852, 15, pages 124-125.

NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE - --[Wanted]
[ ]- AUG-SEPT 1940 - Great articles on crimes committed by crazed marijuana fiends and addicts,
[ ]- JAN. 25, 1955. "dope--the blonde beauty and Robert Mitchum"; and "the experts pick basketball's best bets for 1955"; and other articles. (see photos)

NEW YORK POLICE JOURNAL--[Wanted]
[ ]- 1929 exact date unknown
[ ]- 1937 exact date unknown

Pennsylvania pharmacist--[Wanted]
[ ]- MUNCH, J. C.; MANTZ, H. W': (Title not available), Pennsylvania Pharmacist, July 1937.

Pharmaceutical Journal--[Wanted]
[ ]- HOOPER, D.: Charas of Indian Hemp, Pharmaceutical journal, London, 1908, 27, pp 347-349.
[ ]- HOOPER, D.: The valuation of Indian Hemp, Pharmaceutical journal, London, 1908, 27, pp 80.

Police Gazette --[Wanted]
[ ]- Aug-Sep 1940

Police Officer Magazine--[Wanted]
[poor copy]- V2- 1939

POSE Pocket MENS Magazines--[Wanted]
[ ]- Either Sept, 55 and Aug. 56, features lead story on Marijuana maniacs, homosexuality,(queer street) strippers etc. Includes articles of interest to men, sports, news and of course sexy women..

Proceedings of the American Drug Manufacturers Association--[Wanted]
[ ]- Cannabis - 1897 45 - 417 2nd 1897 45 216
[ ]- WALTERS, A. L.: Report of the subcommittee on Cannabis, Proceedings of the American Drug Manufacturers Association. New York, 1921, page 323

PRIVATE DETECTIVE: --[Wanted] Private Detective Stories,
[ ]- Jun, 1944 -“ The Filthy Weed” Garron, Robert A.
[ ]- “RING AROUND A REEFER” By Wallace Kayton 10/38 (note may not be a Reefer story)

The Popular Magazine --[Wanted]
[ ]- Oct, 1931 - “Pearls and Hemp” Landis, Peter

Popular Detective--[Wanted]
[ ]-Aug, 1937 “ Heavenly Weed” Gray, Westmoreland

Purdue Pharmacist--[Wanted]
[ ]- "Marihuana in Indiana" zufall c j. 1938 - 1 - 20

SEE (magazine)--[Wanted]
[ ]-Jan 1953 - The World Narcotics Cartel (Opium, Marijuana, Morphine)

Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine--[Wanted]
[ ]- Jun, 1939 - “ Reefer Man” Degenhard, William
[ ]- May 19, 1923 - “A Name and a Weed” Solomon, Mendel M.

SIR! --[Wanted]
[ ]- Vol.5 No.1 October 1949 - Marijuana- Good or Evil?

Spicy-Adventure Stories--[Wanted]
[ ]- Nov, 1936 - “Hashish from Hoshepur” Moore, Carl
[ ]- May, 1939 - “Muggles Mess-Up” Calder, Ellery Watson

Spicy Detective Stories--[Wanted]
[ ]- Mar, 1940 - “Reefer Man” Wallace, Arthur

THE SPIDER: --[Wanted]
[ ]- “The Devil-Weed a poem by Spiderette about the evils of marijuana!” Vol.22 #3 Dec. 1940

St. Andrews' Medical Graduate Association Transactions, --[Wanted]
[ ]- POLLI, G.: “Further observations on haschisch in medicine”, St. Andrews' Medical Graduate Association Transactions, London, 1870, 3, pages 98-101.
[ ]- RICHARDSON, B. W.: “On Haschish”, St. Andrew’s Medical Graduates’ Association Transactions, London, 1872, 3, pages 90-97.

Strange Medical Facts --[Wanted]
[ ]- 1953 - hashish, camp - Not important

TAB--[Wanted]
[ ]- July 1952-- Reefer Parties - girlie magazine (I think)

Ten Story Gang--[Wanted]
[ ]-Jan, 1939 - “Lady Reefer Runner” Earle, Wilcey

TIMELY DETECTIVE --[Wanted]
[ ]- “REEFER VICE MOB” - May 1950 - GREAT 6pp photos + text feature “I Was Framed By A Reefer Vice Mob” - the true story of a dame caught up in the "reefer" scene who was made a patsy for murder by mobster dealers while she was reefered out of her mind! Super lingerie photos of sexy 50's brunette on reefer, her clothes unbottoned for the obligatory ravaging

TRUE: --[Wanted]
[ ]- “White Slaves for Yellow Devils” by John Hilton- Japanese conspiracy to lure white women into prostitution - August 1942 -- Note, could be called true thrills
[ ]- Trailing Texas' Dope-Crazed Killer, by Leland Heath September 1942

TRUE CRIME CASES: --[Wanted]
[ ]- “Hollywood's Reefer ring” - Dec. 1949

TRUE CRIME MAGAZINE: --[Wanted]
[ ]- "MARIJUANA MADNESS” By WADE HITSON - APRIL, 1948

TRUE CRIME--[Wanted]
[ ]- Jan. 1956 - “Marijuana - A Photo Expose”

True crime detective : the magazine of true crime cases --[Wanted]
[ ]- December 1947. “Where There's Marijuana Smoke There's Murder”

University Magazine, a Literary and Philosophic Review--[Wanted]
[ ]- Opium, and Hashish - 95 5 (1880):493

Verdict Mystery Magazine - Raymond Chandler R Stout
[ ]- June 1953 “Marihuana and a Pistol” by Chester B. Himes.

Vice Squad Detective, #1--[Wanted]
[ ]- From The Pulp Collector Press, 1986. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 34 pages. Originally published in 1934, Reprint #1 features the story - Marijuana Vice Trap by L.S. Worth

Vice Squad Detective--[Wanted]
[ ]- ca. 1933 -- “Marijuana Vice Trap” Worth, L. S.

The Wide World- Pulp fiction magazine--[Wanted]
[ ]- Oct. 1936 Marijuana Story -Author describes how he first encountered this evil weed, and the perilous experiences in which it later involved him (12 pages with illustrations).

THE WHISPERER - Pulp magazine--[Wanted]
[ ]- “The Vilest Weed” By Henry Lysing Oct. 1937

WHISPER. "thru the keyhole: --[Wanted]
[ ]- “HOW REEFER PARTIES BREED VICE” Vol. 2, #2 - July 1948

WINK Magazine-A Whirl of Girls --[Wanted]
[ ]- The January 1949 “Reefer Dance”

WOMEN IN CRIME--[Wanted]
[ ]- “I sold death and Marijuana” Vol2 #2 1947

World Digest Magazine --[Wanted]
[ ]- Vol 1, #2, 128p 1950 - Marihuana Madness Below the Rio (tells how Iguana's are used like canaries by weed smoking Mexicans

Wisconsin Agriculturist & Farmer --[Wanted]
[ ]- March. 6, 1943

THE YORKER: (note- not the New Yorker) published by a historical society
[ ]- “The Marihuana Menace” Nov. 1933


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