June 29, 1938: The Christian Century reports, "in some districts inhabited by Latino Americans, Filipinos, Spaniards, and Negroes, half the crimes are attributed to the marijuana craze."
June 29, 1967: Keith Richards was tried on a charge of allowing his house to be used for the illegal smoking of cannabis. He was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine. The sentence was later quashed on appeal.
June 30, 1906: Congress passes the "Pure Food and Drug Act."
<p><img src="https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/1073/user0045.gif" align=left> July 1, 1930: The [URL="https://www.druglibrary.org/special/king/king3.htm"]Porter Act establishes the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN), an agency independent of the Department of the Treasury's Prohibition Unit and consequently unaffected by the passage of the Twenty-First Amendment.Harry J. Anslinger[/URL] is named acting commissioner, a position he remains in for the next thirty years.
Harry Anslinger
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<p><img src="https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/1073/user0071.gif" align=left>July 1, 1973: The Drug Enforcement Administration is established by President Nixon, intended to be a "super-agency" capable of handling all aspects of the drug problem. DEA consolidates agents from BNDD, Customs, the CIA, and ODALE, and is headed by Myles Ambrose.
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July 1, 1998: DEA Chief Thomas Constantine is quoted, "[In] my era everybody smoked and everybody drank and there was no drug use."
July 1, 2001: Portugal introduces Europe's most liberal drug policy to date with the implementation of new laws establishing no criminal penalties for using and possessing small amounts of not only cannabis but also hard drugs.
July 3, 2003: The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) announces the results of a California Latino voter poll: 65% oppose jailing young, first-time marijuana sellers, 85% oppose jail for marijuana possession, and 58% oppose jail for possession of "hard drugs."
June 29, 1967: Keith Richards was tried on a charge of allowing his house to be used for the illegal smoking of cannabis. He was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine. The sentence was later quashed on appeal.
June 30, 1906: Congress passes the "Pure Food and Drug Act."
<p><img src="https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/1073/user0045.gif" align=left> July 1, 1930: The [URL="https://www.druglibrary.org/special/king/king3.htm"]Porter Act establishes the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN), an agency independent of the Department of the Treasury's Prohibition Unit and consequently unaffected by the passage of the Twenty-First Amendment.Harry J. Anslinger[/URL] is named acting commissioner, a position he remains in for the next thirty years.
Harry Anslinger
</p>
<p><img src="https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/1073/user0071.gif" align=left>July 1, 1973: The Drug Enforcement Administration is established by President Nixon, intended to be a "super-agency" capable of handling all aspects of the drug problem. DEA consolidates agents from BNDD, Customs, the CIA, and ODALE, and is headed by Myles Ambrose.
</p>
July 1, 1998: DEA Chief Thomas Constantine is quoted, "[In] my era everybody smoked and everybody drank and there was no drug use."
July 1, 2001: Portugal introduces Europe's most liberal drug policy to date with the implementation of new laws establishing no criminal penalties for using and possessing small amounts of not only cannabis but also hard drugs.
July 3, 2003: The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) announces the results of a California Latino voter poll: 65% oppose jailing young, first-time marijuana sellers, 85% oppose jail for marijuana possession, and 58% oppose jail for possession of "hard drugs."
