"Alaska" (and beyond ) Drug Policy
On visit to the USA in 1921 Albert Einstein noted about prohibition "The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law ... For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced."(2)
Significant Dates in the History of American Drug Policy(1)
1860 First anti-morphine law enacted, Pennsylvania
1875 First law against opium smoking enacted, San Francisco
1885 First state law against opium smoking, Ohio
1887 Federal law against opium importing and exporting
1897 First state law against cocaine, Illinois
1898 Discovery of heroin in Germany
1906 Pure Food and Drug Act
1908 Towns-Lambert opium addiction "cure" announced
1909 International Opium Commission meeting, Shanghai
1909 Federal law against importing or using opium for nonmedicinal purposes
1912 International Opium Convention, The Hague
1914 Harrison Act
1915-1925 Passage of local and state anti-marijuana laws
1919 Webb et al. v. United States and United States v. Doremus Supreme Courtdecisions
1921 American Medical Association denounces ambulatory narcotic treatment
1922 United States v. Behrman Supreme Court decision
1992 Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act
1923 Shreveport ( LA) narcotic clinic closes
1925 Linder v. United States Supreme Court decision
1929 Act to Create Federal Narcotic Farms
1930 Creation of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Harry J. Anslinger, Commissioner