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Anti-Heroin Act of 1924

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Anti-Heroin Act of 1924
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The Anti-Heroin Act of 1924 is a United States federal law prohibiting the importation and possession of opium for the chemical synthesis of an addictive narcotic known as diamorphine or heroin. The Act of Congress amended the Smoking Opium Exclusion Act of 1909 which authorized the importation of the poppy plant for medicinal purposes utilizing an opium pipe or vaporization to consume the euphoric opiate.[1]

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The H.R. 7079 legislation was passed by the 68th United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 30th President of the United States Calvin Coolidge on June 7, 1924.

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Repeal of Anti-Heroin Act

The 1924 United States public law was repealed by the enactment of Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act on October 27, 1970.[2][3]

World Conference on Narcotic Education

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The League of Nations and United States began participating in world narcotic conferences in the early 1900s. In 1924, United States House of Representatives passed a resolution for international conferences better known as the Second International Opium Convention.[4]

In 1926, 69th United States Congress held hearings concerning a House resolution for the participation in the first narcotic education conference held in the United States.[5][6] The Benjamin Franklin Hotel sponsored the narcotic education event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from July 5 to July 9, 1926.[7]

In the early 1930s, the World Conference on Narcotic Education meetings were held at the Hotel McAlpin in New York City, New York.[8] The 31st President of the United States Herbert Hoover issued public statements at the controlled substance education occasion stressing narcotic drugs as a "fearful menace" and a "menace to society".[9][10][11]

In 1944, the 78th United States Congress passed a joint resolution supporting the purposes of the International Opium Conferences. The United States congressional motion reciprocated an urgency for the limitations on the production of opium to amounts required for strictly medicinal and scientific purposes.[12]

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1914 Advertisement for a medication that includes heroin as an ingredient

American and international motion pictures were produced promoting awareness about the adverse health effects and social implications of euphoric psychoactive drug use and heroin.

To the Ends of the Earth (1948)Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)
Monkey on My Back (1957)Christiane F. (1981)
The Narcotics Story (1958)Rush (1991)
More (1969)Gia (1998)
Trash (1970)Maria Full of Grace (2004)
Jennifer on My Mind (1971)American Gangster (2007)
The Panic in Needle Park (1971)Puncture (2011)

See also

Charles Romley Alder WrightHistory of United States drug prohibition
Clandestine chemistryMorpheus
Convention for Narcotic Drugs (1931)Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act
Crude drugNarcotic Farms Act of 1929
Cutting agentNeedlestick injury
Felix HoffmannOpium den
Harrison Narcotics Tax ActPoppy straw
History of medicine in the United StatesSt Mary's Hospital, London

Derivatives of Heroin

Black tar heroinChina white heroin
CheesePolish heroin

Narcotic Elixirs

Dalby's CarminativeMrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
Dover's powderParegoric

Opium Poppy Cultivation & Production Sectors

Golden CrescentGolden Triangle
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References

U.S. Political Observations of Narcotic Practices

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