These brazen, don’t-give-a-fuck rolling paper packs from the 1970s are giving me a good chortle. None of that namby-pamby “for tobacco use only” crap for these babies, these images will practically give you a contact high. The styles wander all over the map, and they’re pretty funny, too. Note also that they reach out to a bunch of different demographics: shaggy hippies, Eastern mystical types, “patriotic” libertarians, cosmic tokers, armored mammals…..
“Reserved for Patriots” (on both of the ones with $100 bill design) isn’t the first phrase that I would expect to see on a package of rolling papers, but I guess it takes all kinds.
Obviously the Big Bambú papers were made famous by Cheech and Chong’s second album Big Bambú, which faithfully reproduced the visual design (stoners are sticklers for detail) and incidentally landed at #2 on the U.S. charts! I’m especially impressed with the Insta-Roach concept. Every paper comes with its own piece of metal wire—once you’ve smoked down to the nub, instant roach clip!
Here’s a helpful video on “how to roll the perfect joint”: