Cannabis policy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
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During the administration of American President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932–1945), the United States saw its first federal-level efforts to control cannabis as a drug.
While Roosevelt is known for his opposition to
prohibition of alcohol, which was repealed in 1933 with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, in a 1935 radio address he also advocated that the United States apply the rulings of the International Opium Convention, which along with opiates also restricted the non-medicinal use of cannabis.[1]
Marihuana Tax Act, which was signed by Roosevelt and took effect on 1 October, 1937.[2]
References
- ISBN 978-1-5063-3824-8.
- ISBN 978-0-7637-7488-2.
