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In article <1993Apr12.133320.545@condor.navsses.navy.mil>, macia@nemo.navsses.navy.mil (Harland Macia) writes:
>   When were drugs made illegal in the US?

Law against something           When
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cocaine, heroin, absinthe       1900s (1906?)
alcohol                         1920 (re-legalized in 1933)
cannabis                        1930s (1939?)
various downers                 1965
LSD                             1968
"Controlled Substances Act"     1970
MDMA                            1985
"C.S. Analogue Act"             1987?

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