HAMILTON WRIGHT

(Hamilton Kemp Wright)


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The main feature of this law was to establish a very small tax on opiates. The tax was not significant as a revenue source, but was meant to make public that which had been a clandestine activity and also reduce the promotion of sales. Users had to fill out special Treasury Department forms to order their drugs, and none could be delivered to anyone who did not order on the special forms.


It is not clear that Wright actually used these words of the first title or the editors created it. The substance is his and the second line is definitely his. At the time, the average American mistakenly thought that China had a much higher consumption rate.


Drug prohibition and control can be Unlike most countries Cocaine and Opiates were sold very aggressively in the United States. In many cases it was for medicinals where the user had little or no idea of the active ingredient. Patent Medicine vendors sold their wares through almost every possible outlet in American commerce. See {617350}.


Not only were there many opium users in the Philippines, but many of our occupying soldiers were introduced to opium and some became addicted. In that sense, it was like the Vietnam War.


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Hamilton Wright
Hamilton Wright
  • Born: August 2, 1867
  • Died: January 9, 1917
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Hamilton Kemp Wright was an American physician and pathologist who served as the United States Opium Commissioner.