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Jin Fuey Moy v. United States  

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  • At the turn of the century in 1900, the legislative control of illegal drugs in the United States had just begun. The use and abuse of narcotic drugs had become a nationally and internationally recognized social problem and the government was starting to attempt to address the problem. [Source: Encyclopedia of Drug Policy; Jin Fuey Moy v. United States (1920)]

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  • 1920

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Jin_Fuey_Moy_v._United_States

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