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Harry Anslinger becomes the first US narcotics commissioner

Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon appointed Anslinger to head the new Federal Bureau of Narcotics.[1] Cannabis was not at first a concern of his; he came to treat it as a serious threat in 1934, and three years later his bureau drafted the Marihuana Tax Act.[1][2]

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References

  1. Wikipedia — Harry J. Anslingerarchived
  2. Wikipedia — Marihuana Tax Act of 1937archived

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