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    The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act (Ch. 1, 38 Stat. 785) was a United States federal law that regulated and taxed the production, importation, and distribution...
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    Firearms Act and the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act: "The primary purpose of this legislation must be to raise revenue, because we are resorting to the taxing clause...
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    responsibilities assigned to the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 and the Jones–Miller Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act of 1922. Harry J. Anslinger was...
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    of a substance. This was soon followed by the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914, that regulated and taxed the production, importation, and distribution...
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    the prohibition of cocaine in the United States in 1914 via the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act, and the removal of cocaine from coca wine, though coca leaf remained...
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    become overwhelming. In March of that year, Congress passed the Cullen–Harrison Act, which legalized "3.2 beer" (i.e. beer containing 3.2% alcohol by weight...
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  • College) Harrison Narcotics Tax Act George Harrison (album) Harrison & Harrison organ builders Harrison and Sons postage stamp printers Harrison's Principles...
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    prohibition began long before the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was passed by Congress in 1914 – a law requiring cocaine and narcotics to be dispensed only with...
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    Trafficking Act (implemented August 1, 1989 as Article 12) added provisions implementing the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs...
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    Drugs and preceding treaties and national laws including the 1914 Harrison Narcotics Tax Act) and German Betäubungsmittelgesetz (BtMG) Schedule I and so on...
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    Philippines. His Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was eventually passed on December 17, 1914. During his service in the Far East, Harrison was a candidate for...
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    banning the importation of opium. The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was passed in 1914 to regulate the sale of narcotics in compliance with the International...
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  • other drugs, was only criminalized in the United States by the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 decades after it was derived. Other topics include the...
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    Opioid (redirect from Narcotic analgesic)
    Non-clinical use of opium was criminalized in the United States by the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914, and by many other laws. The use of opioids was stigmatized...
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    Opium (section Indochina tax)
    manner, the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914, passed in fulfillment of the International Opium Convention of 1912, nominally placed a tax on the distribution...
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  • virtually no effective regulation of narcotics in the United States". Statutes regulating the sale of narcotics had been passed by several state governments...
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    Anti-Heroin Act of 1924 is a United States federal law prohibiting the importation and possession of opium for the chemical synthesis of an addictive narcotic known...
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    The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, also known as the Wiley Act and Dr. Wiley's Law, was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws...
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    the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, and for other purposes. Anti-Heroin Act of 1924 Harrison Narcotics Tax Act Narcotic Narcotic Farms Act of 1929...
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  • release of the book coincided with the 100th anniversary of the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act in the United States, which was the world's first drug control...
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    following upon the administration of morphine." In the US, the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was passed in 1914 to control the sale and distribution of diacetylmorphine...
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    disclosure of ingredients and limitation of narcotic content were instituted".: 126  The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 restricted the manufacture and...
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    manufacturing; instead of enacting the Marihuana Tax Act the AMA proposed cannabis be added to the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act. This approach was unappealing to some...
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    (heroin). Morphine became a controlled substance in the US under the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914, and possession without a prescription in the US is a...
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  • specific provisions in New York's public health laws and the federal Harrison Narcotics Tax Act. The narration frequently changes focus, reflecting Lee's nervousness...
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    twenty-five cents for "a big bottle". Following the passage of the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914, Beland's daughters Cora and Willie sold morphine. Newspaper...
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  • internationally and inspired domestic drug control laws such as the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act in the United States. "Binge" is 19th century slang, although...
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  • States, San Francisco's anti-opium den ordinance of 1875, and the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914. Deviance (sociology) Labeling theory Moral panic Norm...
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    Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. The next important federal regulation was the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914. While this act is often seen as the...
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  • Uniform State Narcotic Drug Act in 1934 due to the lack of restrictions in the Harrison Act of 1914. The Harrison Act was a revenue-producing act and, while...
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