Act Establishing Narcotic Farms and a Narcotics Division in the Public Health Service

Act Establishing Narcotic Farms and a Narcotics Division in the Public Health Service

Contributor(s):
United States. Congress, 70th, 2nd session (1928-1929))
Publication:
Produced: 19 January 1929
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Legislative acts
Abstract:
The 1929 Narcotic Farm Act authorized the establishment of two institutions for the "confinement and treatment of persons addicted to the use of habit-forming narcotic drugs who have committed offenses against the United States and of addicts who voluntarily submit themselves for treatment." The first narcotic farm opened at Lexington, KY in 1935, and the second at Fort Worth, TX in 1938. Both were administered by the Public Health Service.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
6 pages
NLM Unique ID:
9918351284206676X308 (See in Profiles in Science)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918351284206676X308
Archival Collection:
The Lawrence Kolb Papers (Profiles in Science)