Historique
Chapitre
Marijuana: assassin of youth
Auteur(s) :
ANSLINGER, H. J. ;
RYLEY COOPER, C.
Année
2010
Page(s) :
143-149
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
978-0-19-973929-5
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Note générale :
Reprinted from H.J. Anslinger and Courtney Ryley Cooper, "Marijuana: assassin of youth", In: American Magazine, July 1937.
Résumé :
In the 1930s, Harry J. Anslinger was appointed commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. This article is one of many that he wrote describing marijuana as a "Frankenstein" drug that was stalking American youth. As a result of Anslinger's crusade, on August 2, 1937, the Marijuana Tax Act was signed into law, classifying the scraggly tramp of the vegetable world as a narcotic and placing it under essentially the same controls as the Harrison Act had done with opium and coca products.
Cote :
L00464-C