The United States and International Drug Control, 1909-1997This study provides a picture of US involvement with international drug control, from its inception to the late 1990s. It charts the American quest to internationalize the doctrine of drug prohibition and reveals the origins, motivation and methodologies present within the US overseas fight against the production, manufacture, trafficking and use of certain psychoactive substances. |
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Drug prohibition in the United States and | 16 |
US 549 | 54 |
Harry J Anslinger | 102 |
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