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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
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Date: 1967Leary v. United States
Definition(s)
- Criminalization of cannabis in the United States began with the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act. Although the Marihuana Tax Act did not criminalize the possession of hemp, marijuana, or cannabis, it did impose a tax of approximately $1 on all who dealt commercially with the substance. [Source: Encyclopedia of Drug Policy; Leary v. United States]
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- Date: 1967
- Date: 1969
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-DR484MV6-J
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