[nopardons]

Thanks for posting that link. I do know what that one says, along with the 1913 one. :-)

The Libertarian crowd won't read it and don't know what it says, nor obviously, WHY it was needed.

[headsonpikes]

We know absolutely why the anti-opium laws were passed; there's no mystery here.

It was to enable the government to deport unwanted Chinese laborers back to China.

the same sorts of laws were enacted in Canada prior to your Harrison Act.

Similarly, the laws against marijuana, in Canada, were specifically aimed at black jazz musicians--you could look it up. Apparently, your anti-marijuana laws were anti-Mexican.

How any moral person can associate themselves with the devilish indecency of these laws is beyond me.

(Actually, that's not true--I know it's peer pressure...and pensions.)