General References to Anslinger

The History of the Marijuana Laws in the United States by Charles Whitebread - A Speech to the California Judges Association 1995 annual conference An excellent, and funny history of how we got our current drug laws.

The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition by Professor Richard J. Bonnie & Professor Charles H. Whitebread, II -- The first major study ever done of the legal history of the marihuana laws.

The History of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 by David F. Musto, MD

From the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, 1972

• History of Marihuana Legislation

From The Marihuana Tax Act Page

• Conference on Cannabis Sativa L. January 14, 1937 -- Room 81 Treasury Building, 10:30 AM
• Statement of H. J. Anslinger, Commissioner of Narcotics, Bureau of Narcotics, Department of the Treasury.
• Additional statement of H. J. Anslinger (includes "Marihuana as a Developer of Criminals", by Eugene Stanley, district attorney, parish of Orleans, New Orleans, La.)
• Statement of H. J. Anslinger, Commissioner of Narcotics, Bureau of Narcotics of the Treasury Department
• Marihuana Conference of 1938

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
• Letter from Elizabeth Bass - November 5, 1936
• Letter from Elizabeth Bass - November 6, 1936
• Report of the Marihuana Investigation - Summer, 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

Hemp Around Their Necks -- Chapter 3 of Harry Anslinger's 1961 book "The Murderers". - Among other things he tells how the La Guardia Committee Report gave children a signal to light up as many reefers as they want.