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The Harrison Narcotic Act 1914
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The Harrison Narcotic Act 1914
Crimes
Who / Where ?
Doctors
December 1914
Harrison Act Passed
- Crimes rate increase
- Drug dealer turn attention toward drug tracking in the nation
- Chinese seduce white woman with durgs
- Doctor has to report IRS all the prescribed details.
- Doctors got bribed from people
- Doctors give fake information to save tax
- Many got arrested or imprisoned (No more than 5 years)
- Francis Burton Harrison who was a democratic congressman.
- Passed the act in New York.
-Appointed by Teddy Roosevelt the first Opium Commissioner of the United States in 1908.
-By 1914 46 states regulated cocaine and 29 had laws against opium.
December 1914
Harrison Act Passed
Black & White
When and What happened ?
Why is it Important ?
Chinese Got Influence By British Opium
- Murders
and
insanity increased
among
low class
Negroes
- This act passed in 17 December 1914,
but was truly in forced in 1915
- Only way to get narcotic is from doctor's
prescription
- Many people thinks to collect tax is the
only reason for creating the this act
- But later Harrison stated, "We are not
attempting to collect revenue,
but regulate commerce.”
- This act began the modern era of criminal drug addict and also the American Black Market for drugs.
- International import of drug occurred
- Special committees were created in the Federal govt. such as Rainey committee or the anti narcotics branch or anti drug branch
- Opium is running people in China
- American trader complained
- 1909 International Opium conference in Shanghai
- The first international opium agreement is created 1909
-Negroes
in the
south
becomes
Menaces
because
of Cocain