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Harry Anslinger  

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  • Harry Anslinger served as commissioner of the U.S. Treasury Department's Bureau of Narcotics from 1930 to 1962, and some consider him the nation's first “drug czar,” even before Myles Ambrose. Anslinger had a central role in shaping U.S. and international drug policies over this period, particularly with respect to marijuana. [Source: Encyclopedia of Drug Policy; Anslinger, Harry]

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