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Report of the First Annual Conference of Committees of the World Conference on Narcotic Education and International Narcotic Education Association
Report of the First Annual Conference of Committees of the World Conference on Narcotic Education and International Narcotic Education Association
Contributor(s):
International Narcotic Education Association
Publication:
World Conference on Narcotic Education, November 1927
Richmond Hobson and his International Narcotic Education Association actively sensationalized the problems of addiction and drug trafficking during the 1920s and 1930s, and tried to undermine the messaging of Kolb, his PHS colleagues, and others regarding drug addiction. This conference report provided many examples of Hobson's florid anti-narcotic rhetoric.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)