Rare Double-Sided Broadside Advertising "Acapulco Gold, Primo Rice Papers, All Profits From These Papers Go to End Prohibition" [of Marijuana]

(Drugs) Rare Double-Sided Broadside Advertising "Acapulco Gold, Primo Rice Papers, All Profits From These Papers Go to End Prohibition" [of Marijuana]. [Place of publication not identified]: [Amorphia], circa 1971. 7-1/2" x 7-1/2". Light green thick textured paper with the image of George Washington from the $1.00 bill printed in black, and titles printed in black and gold to one side of the sheet and titles printed in black to the other side of the sheet with no signs of handling or wear.

In 1971, the non-profit organization, Amorphia, a Mill Valley, California based organization advocating for the reform of marijuana laws, started selling "Acapulco Gold" brand rolling papers as a means to raise money to campaign for marijuana legalization. The sale of "Acapulco Gold" rolling papers reportedly generated most of the funding to support the 1972 California marijuana initiative, Proposition 19; "In 1972, the people who bought and use ACAPULCO GOLD rolling papers were the largest single contributors to marijuana initiative attempts in California, Michigan, Washington and Oregon -- providing over $40,000 to these efforts." -- [this broadside]. The condition of the broadside is FINE. Two institutional holdings of Amorphia's "Acapulco Gold" rolling paper ephemera located on OCLC/WorldCat (University of California, Davis: two advertisements; Harvard University: one poster). EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND A NICE DISPLAY PIECE. # 001250