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Harry Anslinger later claimed that as a 12 year old boy, he witnessed a scene that affected his life. He reports hearing the screams of a morphine addict that were silenced only by a boy returning from a pharmacist to supply the addict with more [[morphine]]. Anslinger was appalled that the drug was so powerful and that children had ready access to such drugs. This experience did not stop Anslinger, while acting as the Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, from authorizing a druggist near the White House to fill a [[morphine]] prescription for an addicted [[Joseph McCarthy|Senator Joseph McCarthy]].<ref>''Drugs & Washington, D. C.'' by [[Maxine Cheshire]], from the Home Journal, Dec 1978, Vol. 195, pp. 62, 176, 178, 180, 182, morphine ref. p. 180. See also "The Murders" by Harry Anslinger p 182.</ref><ref>http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/joe_mccarthy.htm</ref>
  
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== Career ==
 
"Although it would appear that Anslinger was a conservative who truly believed [[marijuana]] to be a threat to the future of American civilization, his biographer maintained that he was an astute government bureaucrat who viewed the marijuana issue as a means for elevating himself to national prominence. The two positions are not necessarily incompatible."<ref>[[Jonathon Green]], ''Cannabis''</ref>
 
"Although it would appear that Anslinger was a conservative who truly believed [[marijuana]] to be a threat to the future of American civilization, his biographer maintained that he was an astute government bureaucrat who viewed the marijuana issue as a means for elevating himself to national prominence. The two positions are not necessarily incompatible."<ref>[[Jonathon Green]], ''Cannabis''</ref>
  
==Background==
 
Harry Anslinger later claimed that as a 12 year old boy, he witnessed a scene that affected his life. He reports hearing the screams of a morphine addict that were silenced only by a boy returning from a pharmacist to supply the addict with more [[morphine]]. Anslinger was appalled that the drug was so powerful and that children had ready access to such drugs.
 
 
This experience did not stop Anslinger, while acting as the Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, from authorizing a druggist near the White House to fill a morphine prescription for an addicted [[Joseph McCarthy|Senator Joseph McCarthy]].<ref>''Drugs & Washington, D. C.'' by [[Maxine Cheshire]], from the Home Journal, Dec 1978, Vol. 195, pp. 62, 176, 178, 180, 182, morphine ref. p. 180. See also "The Murders" by Harry Anslinger p 182.</ref><ref>http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/joe_mccarthy.htm</ref>
 
 
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Person.png Harry Anslinger  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Harry J. Anslinger.png
BornHarry Jacob Anslinger
May 20, 1892
Altoona, Pennsylvania
DiedNovember 14, 1975 (Age 83)
Altoona, Pennsylvania
SpouseMartha Kind Denniston
May have "truly believed marijuana to be a threat to the future of American civilization", Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics 1930-1962

Harry Anslinger

Background

Harry Anslinger later claimed that as a 12 year old boy, he witnessed a scene that affected his life. He reports hearing the screams of a morphine addict that were silenced only by a boy returning from a pharmacist to supply the addict with more morphine. Anslinger was appalled that the drug was so powerful and that children had ready access to such drugs. This experience did not stop Anslinger, while acting as the Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, from authorizing a druggist near the White House to fill a morphine prescription for an addicted Senator Joseph McCarthy.[1][2]

Career

"Although it would appear that Anslinger was a conservative who truly believed marijuana to be a threat to the future of American civilization, his biographer maintained that he was an astute government bureaucrat who viewed the marijuana issue as a means for elevating himself to national prominence. The two positions are not necessarily incompatible."[3]


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References

  1. Drugs & Washington, D. C. by Maxine Cheshire, from the Home Journal, Dec 1978, Vol. 195, pp. 62, 176, 178, 180, 182, morphine ref. p. 180. See also "The Murders" by Harry Anslinger p 182.
  2. http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/joe_mccarthy.htm
  3. Jonathon Green, Cannabis


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