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Linder 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; Linder v. United States (1925)]

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  • 1925

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