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1989

1989 Marijuana Republic - Legalize America's High Fiber

Marijuana Republic Legalize America's High Fiber

DESCRIPTION: **1989 Marijuana Republic - Legalize America's High Fiber** Colorful marijuana legalization poster dated 1989, combining political symbolism, environmental advocacy, and counterculture humor. Bold psychedelic graphics combine saturated pink, yellow, and olive-green colors with heavy black outlines, cartoon imagery, and exuberant hand-drawn lettering, recalling underground comix and counterculture protest posters.

Beneath the heading "Marijuana Republic," a raised fist holds a marijuana cigarette within a star-bordered emblem, framed by cannabis leaves. A rural landscape at left and city buildings at right connect the poster's message with both agricultural and urban concerns. The date appears on a ribbon divided between "19" and "89" at the foot of the design.

Its slogans present legalization as a response to social and environmental issues: "Stop Soil Erosion," "Save Family Farms," "Save Trees," "Curtail Cocaine," "New Medical Usage," and "Reduce Crime." The paired phrases "Less Filling" and "Tastes Great" borrow the language of beer advertising, while "America's High Fiber" plays on hemp's practical uses and marijuana's intoxicating effects.

An engaging example of late-1980s cannabis advocacy, bringing recreational use, medicinal claims, and the agricultural potential of hemp into a single graphic statement.

CREATOR: Anonymous

PUBLICATION DATE: 1989

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: N/A

CONDITION: Good. No issues.

COLORING: Offset lithograph

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SIZE: 15 " x 21 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 87

PRICE: $335

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