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... opium is pro- duced , and southern France , where most of the heroin reaching this country is refined , and about the problems of enforcement at our borders and in the streets of our cities . We will take testimony from men who ...
... opium is pro- duced , and southern France , where most of the heroin reaching this country is refined , and about the problems of enforcement at our borders and in the streets of our cities . We will take testimony from men who ...
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... opium . The time was almost 5,000 years ago . The place , a little area known as Sumeria , later referred to as Mesopotamia , now the Kingdom of Iraq . The juice of the white poppy , at that time called " gil , " was discovered to ...
... opium . The time was almost 5,000 years ago . The place , a little area known as Sumeria , later referred to as Mesopotamia , now the Kingdom of Iraq . The juice of the white poppy , at that time called " gil , " was discovered to ...
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... opium . It was not until 1805 that morphine , the major alkaloid of opium , was isolated . Morphine was then used extensively to control pain , but unfortunately , it was highly addicting . Around 1853 , the hypodermic needle and ...
... opium . It was not until 1805 that morphine , the major alkaloid of opium , was isolated . Morphine was then used extensively to control pain , but unfortunately , it was highly addicting . Around 1853 , the hypodermic needle and ...
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... opium for the purpose of making heroin . But it was not until November 1956 , that heroin was finally outlawed in the United States . Returning to Asia , the time is just prior to the Second World War . Japan is preparing for the ...
... opium for the purpose of making heroin . But it was not until November 1956 , that heroin was finally outlawed in the United States . Returning to Asia , the time is just prior to the Second World War . Japan is preparing for the ...
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... opium - producing area is Mexico . The opium poppy is grown in remote mountain areas and converted into heroin in clan- destine laboratories located in isolated mountain areas and small villages . The Mexican heroin , usually brown , is ...
... opium - producing area is Mexico . The opium poppy is grown in remote mountain areas and converted into heroin in clan- destine laboratories located in isolated mountain areas and small villages . The Mexican heroin , usually brown , is ...
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Page 69 - Law of the Federal Bar Association of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, this should be considered one of the most serious categories of crime. "The Need for New Approaches to Sentencing," 3 Criminal Law Bulletion 682 (Dec.
Page 189 - Between the end of World War I and"- the beginning of World War II...
Page 72 - Foote, Tort Remedies for Police Violations of Individual Rights, 39 Minn. L. Rev. 493 (1955).
Page 67 - Constitution read in their historical setting as revealing the purpose of its framers, and search for admissible meanings of its words which, in the circumstances of their application, will effectuate those purposes.
Page 71 - This statement warns a person in custody that he may remain silent and that anything he says may be used against him.
Page 72 - US 65 (1926). To find a way out of this dilemma and resolve the equally harmful anomaly of the innocent who are subjected to illegal searches but have no remedy, it has been suggested that damages be awarded to the victim of an illegal search. Taft, Protecting the Public from Mapp v. Ohio Without Amending the Constitution, 50 ABAJ 815 (1964).
Page 115 - Early in his law career Mr. Rossides served as a criminal law investigator in the rackets bureau on the staff of New York County District Attorney Frank S. Hogan. For 2 years Mr.
Page 222 - Chairman, if you have any questions I will be glad to try to answer them, or Mr.
Page 29 - Mr. Chairman : I wish to thank you and the members of this Subcommittee for the privilege of speaking in behalf of HR-1207 and urging your prompt consideration of this important proposal.
Page 162 - There are additional examples in two reports by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate Committee on Government Operations.