Mapping the Muggleheads: New Orleans and the Marijuana Menace, 1920–1930
Within weeks of New Orleans's first ordinance prohibiting marijuana in 1923, police raids rounded up alleged users and peddlers on the streets, in houses, restaurants, and soft drink stands. Smokers were dubbed "muggleheads"—drawing on a vernacular term for marijuana. In this article,...
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Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
2018-10-01
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| Series: | Southern Spaces |
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| Online Access: | https://southernspaces.org/node/43316 |