Concept information
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
United States v. Doremus
Definition
- 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 issue. [Source: Encyclopedia of Drug Policy; United States v. Doremus (1919)]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Date
- 1919
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_States_v._Doremus
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