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Hard to dig up concrete info on this. I’ve found one article on lobbying [1], but it was pharma lobbying against the DEA, to prevent them going after opioid dis
by programmarchy 6y ago
Hard to dig up concrete info on this. I’ve found one article on lobbying [1], but it was pharma lobbying against the DEA, to prevent them going after opioid distributors.
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/investigations/dea-drug-industry-congress/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/investigations/...
- chasethescream 6y agoChasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari profiles early figures in the drug war including Harry J. Anslinger, the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasing_the_Scream https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasing_the_Scream