Harry Jacob Anslinger
Also recorded as H. J. Anslinger
Harry Jacob Anslinger
Harris Ewing, photographer · Library of Congress Catalog: https: Image download: https: Original url · Public domain
- Born
- 1892 · Altoona.
- Died
- 1975 · Hollidaysburg.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- journalist · diplomat · politician · writer
- Education
- Pennsylvania State University
- Honours
- Remington Medal
- Languages
- English
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Harry Jacob Anslinger studied at Pennsylvania State University. The recorded working language is English. Positions recorded include Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Work by Harry Jacob Anslinger is recorded in the collections of Givens Collection of African American Literature. Distinctions recorded are Remington Medal.
The traffic in narcotics / by H.J. Anslinger and William F. Harry Jacob Anslinger is recorded as journalist, diplomat, politician and writer. Recognition and collections. Anslinger received Remington Medal.
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Harry Jacob Anslinger, born in 1892 and died in 1975, is documented in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Closer U.S.-Canada Marihuana (Marijuana) control discussed. Washington, D.C., March 24. Closer cooperation in the control of the use of marihuana weed is expected to be the outcome of a meeting today between the Canadian Narcotic Control Chief and U.S. Treasury officials. In the photograph, left to right: Col. C.H.L. Sharman, Chief of Canadian Narcotic Control; Harry Anslinger, U.S. Commiss
Harris Ewing, photographer · Library of Congress Catalog: https: Image download: https: Original url
Closer U.S.-Canada Marihuana (Marijuana) control discussed. Washington, D.C., March 24. Closer cooperation in the control of the use of marihuana weed is expected to be the outcome of a meeting today between the Canadian Narcotic Control Chief and U.S. Treasury officials. In the photograph, left to right: Col. C.H.L. Sharman, Chief of Canadian Narcotic Control; Harry Anslinger, U.S. Commiss
Harris Ewing, photographer · Library of Congress Catalog: https: Image download: https: Original url
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1892
Harry Jacob Anslinger born at Altoona.
1975
Harry Jacob Anslinger died at Hollidaysburg.
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Altoona.
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Hollidaysburg.
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- 1.McWilliams, John C. Unsung Partner Against Crime: Harry J. Anslinger and the Federal Bureau of Narcoticsy 1930-1962. Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Historical Society of Pennsylvania (University of Pennsylvania Press). CXIII. 2. 207–236. 1 April 1989. 0031-4587.
- 2.Smith, Laura. How a racist hate-monger masterminded America's War on Drugs. Timeline. A Medium Corporation. 27 February 2018.
- 3.Rowe, Thomas C. Federal Narcotics Laws and the War on Drugs: Money Down a Rat Hole. Haworth Press. 50. 2006. 978-0-7890-2808-2.
- 4.The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) The Early Years. 4.
- 5.Valentine, Douglas. The strength of the pack: the personalities, politics and espionage intrigues that shaped the DEA. Trine Day. 16–18, 346–350. 2009. 978-0-9799886-5-3.
- 6.The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) The Early Years. 4.
- 7.Records of the Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA]. www.archives.gov.
- 8.Filan, Kenaz. The Power of the Poppy: Harnessing Nature's Most Dangerous Plant Ally. Park Street Press. 64. 23 February 2011. 978-1-59477-399-0.
- 9.Dormandy, Thomas. Opium: Reality's Dark Dream. Yale University Press. 248–252. 15 May 2012. 9780300175325.
- 10.Gieringer, Dale. The Forgotten Origins of Cannabis Prohibition in California. Contemporary Drug Problems. 26#2. 2. Summer 1999.
- 11.Willoughby, W.W. Opium as an International Problem. The Johns Hopkins Press. 1925.
- 12.Schaffer Library of Drug Policy. The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937: Statement of Harry J. Anslinger.
- 13.Schaffer Library of Drug Policy. The Marihuana Tax Act, Additional Statement Of H. J. Anslinger.
- 14.pg44-46 of Sloman, Reefer Madness
- 15.pg38-41 of Sloman, Reefer Madness
- 16.Anslinger, Harry J. The Murderers, the story of the narcotic gangs. 541–554. 1961.
- 17.Carroll, Rebecca. Federal Drug Control: The Evolution of Policy and Practice. Pharmaceutical Products Press (The Haworth Press, Inc.). 70. 3 June 2004. 9780789018922.
- 18.Doug Snead. Reefer Madness: Revisited.
- 19.Uncle Mike's Library. Victor Licata.
- 20.Perkins, Earl H. Victor Licata's Strange Legacy. Thursday Review. Thursday Review, LLC./Five C Media.
- 21.www.druglibrary.org. Research for Victor Licata.
- 22.Gray, Mike. Drug Crazy: How we got into this mess and how we can get out. Random House, Inc. 1998. 9780679435334.
- 23.Inciardi, James A. The War on Drugs: Heroin, Cocaine, Crime, and Public Policy. Mayfield Publishing Company. 1986. 0-87484-743-5.
- 24.Smith, Laura. How a racist hate-monger masterminded America’s War on Drugs. Timeline. 2018-02-28.
- 25.Newton, David E. Marijuana: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. 183. 16 January 2017. 978-1-4408-5051-6.
- 26.Halperin, Alex. Marijuana: is it time to stop using a word with racist roots?. The Guardian. 2018-01-29. 0261-3077.
- 27.Solomon, Robert. Racism and Its Effect on Cannabis Research. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. 5. 1. 2–5. 2020-03-01. 2578-5125.
- 28.Porter, Lewis. The United States vs. Billie Holiday vs. the Truth. JazzTimes.
- 29.Roosevelt, Franklin D. World Narcotic Defense Association. 21 March 1935.
- 30.Roosevelt asks narcotic war aid; states are urged to adopt uniform laws, modeled on Harrison Act. The New York Times. 59. 22 March 1935.
- 31.La Guardia, Fiorello. The La Guardia Committee Report - The Marihuana Problem in the City of New York: Sociological, Medical, Psychological and Pharmacological Studies. Mayor's Committee on Marihuana. 1944.
- 32.Anslinger, Harry J. Memorandum for the Advisory Committee, Bureau of Narcotics, Recipient Morris Ploscowe. Schaffer Drug Library. 24 February 1958.
- 33.Anguelov, Nikolay. From Criminalizing to Decriminalizing Marijuana: The Politics of Social Control. Lexington Books. 1–28. 15 October 2018. 9781498566230.
- 34.Narcotics Commissioner Named. The New York Times. Associated Press. July 6, 1962. 0362-4331.
- 35.Dillon Swears In Giordano As Narcotics Bureau Head. The New York Times. August 18, 1962. 0362-4331.
- 36.Herzberg, David Lowell. White market drugs: Big Pharma and the hidden history of addiction in America. University of Chicago Press. 13–134. 2020. 978-0-226-73188-9.
- 37.Chesire, Maxine. Drugs and Washington, D.C. Ladies Home Journal. Downe Communications (Charter Company). 95. 12. 180–182. 1 December 1978. 0023-7124.
- 38.Boyce, Benjamin Steven. Discourses of Deception: (Re)Examining America's War on Drugs. University of Denver. 24. 1 January 2018.
- 39.Krebs, Albin. Harry J. Anslinger Dies at 83; Hard-Hitting Foe of Narcotics. The New York Times. CXXIV. 236. 40. 18 November 1975.
- 40.Jonnes, Jill. Hep-Cats, Narcs, and Pipe Dreams: A History of America's Romance with Illegal Drugs. Johns Hopkins University Press. 297. 1999. 978-0-8018-6165-9.
- 41.The United States vs. Billie Holiday vs. the Truth. JazzTimes. 27 May 2024.
- 42.«Garrett Hedlund plays Harry J. Anslinger in Lee Daniels Billie Holiday Biopic» - October 19, 2020.
- 43.Anslinger, Harry. The Murderers. 1961.
- 44.The Protectors. WorldCat.org.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Larry Sloman, Reefer Madness: A History of Marijuana in America (Indianapolis: Bobbs–Merrill, 1979)
- The Traffic in Narcotics: An interview with the Hon. Harry J. Anslinger United States Commissioner of Narcotics, Jan. 1, 1954
- The Protectors: Harry J. Anslinger and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (1930–1962) ( ), by John C. McWilliams, University of Delaware Press, 1990
- Cannabis: A History ( ), Martin Booth, Picador USA, 2005
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