Use of Narcotics in the United States, Hearing before the Committee on Printing, United States Senate
- Contributor(s):
- Hobson, Richmond Pearson, 1870-1937 (Speaker) Neville, Edwin L. (Speaker) Kolb, Lawrence, 1881-1972 (Speaker) Rainey, Henry Thomas, 1860-1934 (Speaker) Summers, John J. (Speaker) Kindred, John J. (Speaker)
- Publication:
- Produced: 03 June 1924
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Hearings (event) Transcripts
- Abstract:
- This hearing considered the request of Richmond Hobson (head of the International Narcotic Education Association) to have the U.S. government print 50 million copies of his article "The Peril of Narcotics" and distribute it to the public. Kolb, who was then researching addiction for the PHS, testified that many of Hobson's claims about the nature and extent of addiction were false. Hobson would spend the next few years accusing Kolb and the PHS of incompetence and of plotting to keep the truth about drugs from the American public. (Hobson's article was not printed by the federal government, though his supporters managed to have a copy inserted into the Congressional Record later that year.)
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
- Extent:
- 63 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918351284206676X306 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918351284206676X306
- Archival Collection:
- The Lawrence Kolb Papers (Profiles in Science)