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The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937
The history of how the Marihuana Tax Act came to be the law of the land.
For more background on the history of, and reasons for the Marihuana Tax Act,
see also these related documents:
The History of the Non-Medical Use of
Drugs in the United States - a speech by Professor Charles Whitebread to the
California Judge's Conference - This contains a short history of the marijuana
laws.
The Forbidden Fruit and the
Tree of Knowledge, by Professors Richard Bonnie and Charles Whitebread -
This is a more extended history of the origins of the marijuana laws.
Unraveling an American Dilemma: The
Demonization of Marihuana - by John C. Lupien -- This is the best
exploration I have seen of the background of the supposed
Anslinger-Hearst-DuPont conspiracy to outlaw marijuana in order to remove hemp
as a possible competitor to their products.
Correspondence about
the legal status of hemp 1930-1938
Marihuana Tax Act - The full text of the Marihuana Tax Act,
as passed in 1937
Conference on Cannabis Sativa L. January 14, 1937 -- Room 81
Treasury Building, 10:30 AM
HEARINGS ON H.R. 6385
APRIL 27, 28, 29, 30, AND MAY 4, 1937
- Statement of Clinton M. Hester, Assistant General Counsel for the
Department of the Treasury, and S.G. Tipton, Office of General Counsel
- Statement of H. J. Anslinger, Commissioner of Narcotics,
Bureau of Narcotics, Department of the Treasury.
- Additional statement of H. J. Anslinger
- Letter from the Alamosa Daily Courier
- Marihuana - A More Alarming Menace To
Society Than All Other Habit-Forming Drugs
- Marihuana
as a Developer of Criminals, by Eugene Stanley, district attorney, parish of
Orleans, New Orleans, La.
- Answers to Marihuana Questionnaire by Dr. W. L. Treadway
Division of Mental Hygiene Public Health Service
- Additional Statement of Clinton M. Hester
- Statement of Dr. James C. Munch, Pharmacologist, Temple
University
- Statement of Herbert J. Wollner, Consulting Chemist, Office
of the Secretary of the Treasury
- Letters to the committee
- Statement of Dr. D. E. Buckingham, District Veterinarian,
Washington, D.C.
- Statement of Hon. Ralph F. Lozier, Carrollton, Mo, General
Counsel of the National Institute of Oilseed Products
- Further Statement of Clinton M. Hester, Assistant General
Counsel, Treasury Department
- Additional Statement of Hon. Ralph F. Lozier, Carrollton, Mo,
General Counsel of the National Institute of Oilseed Products
- Statement of Raymond G. Scarlett, Representing William G.
Scarlett & Co., Baltimore, MD.
- Statement of Joseph B. Hertzfield, Manager, Feed
Department, TGhe Philadelphia Seed Co., Philadelphia, PA
- Statement of Dr. William C. Woodward, Legislative Counsel,
American Medical Association, Chicago, Ill.
- Statement of Dr. S. L. Hilton, Representing the American
Pharmaceutical Assocation.
- Addenda -- Letter from Mrs. Hamilton Wright, special
representative, Bureau of Narcotics
Hearing on H.R. 6906
July 12, 1937
Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Finance United States Senate,
Seventy-Fifth Congress, First Session on H.R.6906 - July 12, 1937
- Title Page, Members Present, Full text of H.R. 6906 (under
construction)
- Statement of Clinton M. Hester, Assistant General Counsel, Treasury
Department
- Statement of H. J. Anslinger, Commissioner of Narcotics, Bureau of
Narcotics of the Treasury Department
- Statement of Matt Rens, Representing Rens Hemp Co., Brandon, Wis.
- Statement of Mr. Moksnes, Superintendent of the Amhempco
Corporation, Danville, Ill.
- Statement of Royal C. Johnson, Attorney, Washington, D.C.,
Representing Chempsco, Inc. of Winona, Minn, and Hemp Chemical Corporation of Mankato,
Minn.
- Statement of O.C. Olman, Representing Juneau Fibre Co., Juneau,
Wis.
- Letter from the American Medical Association
held December 5, 1938 in the UNITED STATES Bureau of Internal Revenue Building (Room
3003), Washington D. C., Called by the Bureau of Narcotics of the United States Treasury
Department. (Complete document. Parts are listed below.)
- Conferees Present.
- Opening Statement by H. J. Anslinger, Commissoner of Narcotics
- Statement of Dr. A. H. Wright, Professor of Agronomy, University
of Wisconsin, relating to growth of Hemp, where seeds are produced, and Hemp is grown in
United States.
- Statement of Mr. Franklin. Chief of Drug Control, State of New York as to growth of
Marihuana in that state.
- Statement of Dr. B. B. Robinson, Bureau of Plant Industry,
Department of Agriculture, relative to experiments as to World Production of Hemp, and
quantity of Production in United States and Growth and Production of Cannabis, and
Comparative Results obtained from Seed obtained from various Countries.
- Statement of Dr. John R. Matchett, Chief Chemist, Bureau of Narcotics, as to Tests made
from Seeds of Hemp in various Countries.
- Statement of Mr. Henry Fuller, Consulting Chemist, as to his Experience in Growth of
Cannabis.
- Statement of Dr. James C. Munch, Professor of Pharmacology,
Temple University, relating to Effects of Marihuana on Organs of Body:
- Statement of Dr. S. Loewe, Pharmacologist, Cornell University
Medical College, as to Bio-Assay of Marihuana
- Statement of Dr. Walter Bromberg, Senior Psychiatrist, Department
of Hospitals, New York City, relating to varying Effects of Marihuana in various Classes
of Individuals.
- Discussion on Pharmacological Phases of Marihuana Problem.
- Statement of H. J. Wollner, Consulting Chemist, Treasury Department
- Statement of Dr. A. H. Blatt, Howard University, Relative to
Survey of Chemical Constituents of Cannabis Sativa.
- Statement of Dr. John R. Matchett, Treasury Department,
containing Report of Department of Attacks on Marihuana Problems.
- Statement of Dr. Joseph Levine, Chemist, Bureau of Narcotics, as
to Tests for Identification of Marihuana
- Statement of Mr. Louis Benjamin, Chemist, Treasury Department, as to Tests.
- Statement of Dr. James C. Munch, as to Tests.
- Statement of Dr. H. M. Lancaster, Chief Dominion Analyst, Canadian Government, in
relation to Tests.
- Statement of Dr. James Couch, Pathological Division, Bureau of Animal Industry,
Department of Agriculture
Correspondence about the legal status
of hemp 1930 - 1938
Letter from Harry Anslinger - September 29, 1936
Letter from Elizabeth Bass - September 30, 1936
Letter from Elizabeth Bass - October 6, 1936
Letter from Harry Anslinger - November 2, 1936
Letter from Elizabeth Bass - November 3, 1936
Day By Day Story of the Experimental Farms - Process Cured
Hemp - by Frank Ridgway, Chicago Tribune, November 4, 1936
Letter from Elizabeth Bass - November 5, 1936
Letter from Elizabeth Bass - November 6, 1936
Report of the Marihuana Investigation - Summer, 1937
Day By Day Story of the Experimental Farms - Process Cured
Hemp - by Frank Ridgway, Chicago Tribune, October 10, 1937
Letter from H. W. Bellrose, October 12, 1937
Letter from H. W. Bellrose - October 12, 1937
Letter from H. W. Bellrose - October 14, 1937
Letter from Brien McMahon - October 26, 1937
Letter from Will S. Wood - November 6, 1937
Letter from Frank Ridgway - January 21, 1938
Letter from Elizabeth Bass - March 5, 1938
Letter from Elizabeth Bass - March 5, 1938
Letter from Elizabeth Bass - March 10, 1938
Report of Survey Commercialized Hemp Crop (1934-35 Crop) in the
State of Minnesota, by H.T. Nugent, Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Field
Supervisor, October 22, 1938
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