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novapsyche) wrote2008-06-09 07:30 pm
novapsyche) wrote2008-06-09 07:30 pm
Entry tags:
turn-of-the-century America
Webb et al v. United States
This is a Supreme Court decision, delivered in 1919, that expressly states that addiction is not a disease. Its effect was to uphold the Harrison Tax Act, passed in 1914.
This is a Supreme Court decision, delivered in 1919, that expressly states that addiction is not a disease. Its effect was to uphold the Harrison Tax Act, passed in 1914.