The Harrison Act authorized the practitioners to prescribe cocaine and opiates; however, the law was somehow subject to interpretation by the enforcing authorities.
The U.S. Department of Treasury viewed patient drug maintenance with the aid of these substances as being beyond medical scope, and this resulted in many physicians being arrested, jailed, and prosecuted.
Under the authority of the Harrison Act, the Internal Revenue Bureau’s Narcotic Division closed down city and state narcotic clinics and also sent the drug violators to federal penitentiaries.
And logically, this resulted in the physicians stopping their prescription of drugs that were covered under the Harrison Act, ultimately sending the users to the black market to seek out these substances.
Ironically, the enforcement agents were referred to as “narcs”, arguably first use of the current and familiar colloquialism.
Why is no one talking about the CIA and the fire they had, which revealed a meth and fentanyl lab on tax payer property?
Not familiar with that, but feel free to elaborate. We’re interested! A meth lab paying property taxes? Ain’t that rich!! Hee ;^>
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Fantastic summation of America’s wrong-headed demonization of narcotics and of the man chiefly responsible for the confused mess our country finds itself in. It appears that it will take several more generations to undo the warped perceptions of drugs the general public holds. Americans like to pride themselves with possessing progressive attitudes about a lot of subjects, but when it comes to drugs we find we still have a long way to go.
Thanks for your comments. We are like-minded in our amazement at how such long-standing rackets can still survive. Question is, what are they morphing into now that the tipping point has been reached?