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LEAGUE of NATIONS Council and the Members of The LEAGUE OF NATIONS Communicated to the C . 55. M.52.1941.XI Council and the Members (O.C/A.R.1940/18) of the League. (Issued in English only) Geneva, September 19th, 1941 TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS ANNUAL REPORTS BY GOVERNMENTS FOR 1940 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Note by the Acting Secretary-General In acccrdanee with Artic.'.e 21 of the Convention of 1931 for limiting the Manufactu/e and regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, th? Acting Secretary- General has the honour to communicate the above-mentioned report to the parties to the Convention. The report is alsn communicated to other States and to the Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and other Dangerous Drugs. (For the fo-m of annual reports, see document 0.C.1600). TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 1940 U. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF NARCOTICS WASHINGTON, D. C. U. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF NARCOTICS TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1940 REPORT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1941 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price 25 cents (Paper) TABLE OF CONTENTS A. GENERAL Page I, New legislation-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Uniform Narcotic Drug Act__________________________________ 1-2 Proposed amendment to_________________________________ 17 II. Administration---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Chart showing_______________________________________ opposite 2 Drug Addiction______________________________________________ 2-8 III. Control of international trade_____________________________________ 8 , 9 Chart showing control________________________________opposite 8 IV. International cooperation________________________________________ 9 V. Illicit traffic_____________________________________________________ 9-53 Raw opium__________________________________________________ 9-10 Prepared opium______________________________________________ 10-12 Morphine____________________________________________________ 12-13 Heroin_______________________________________________________ 13-14 Cocaine______________________________________________________ 14 Codeine______________________________________________________ 14 Marihuana (Cannabis saliva L.)_________________ 14, 15, 49-51 Developments in the trend of the traffic_______________________ 15-16 Analysis of illicit traffic 16-19 Adulteration __ 19 Drug-law violators in Federal prisons_________________________ 19 Seizures and violations________________________________________ 21, 22 Examples of seizures____________ . _ 22—45 Atlantic coast area______________________________________ 22 Pacific coast area__________ _____________________________ 29 North-South Central area _________________________ 39 Hawaiian Islands__________ _____________________________ 43 Illicit traffic by post, express, railway, and air________________ 45 Diversions___________________________________________________ 46 Illicit traffic in marihuana (■Cannabis saliva L.)_______________ 49 VI. Other information_______________________________________________ 53 Educational work____________________________________________ 53 Courts_______________________________________________________ 54 Recidivism in narcotic law violators__________________________ 54 Deportation of aliens_________________________________________ 55 Vehicles seized_________ 56 State boards_________________________________________________ 57 Lost order forms_____________________________________________ 57 Thefts_______________________________________________________ 58 B. RAW MATERIALS VII. Raw opium______________________________________________________ 58 VIII. Coca leaf________________________________________________________ 58 IX. Marihuana (Cannabis sativa L., Indian hemp)----------------------------- 59 Research work on marihuana_________________________________ 59 IV CONTENTS C. MANUFACTURED DRUGS Tags X. 1. Internal control of manufactured drugs_______________________ gj 2. Licenses_______________________________________________________ 53 3. Manufacture__________________________________________________ 63 4. Trade and distribution________________________________________ 54 Consumption_____________________________________________ gg D. OTHER QUESTIONS XI. Chapter IV of The Hague Opium Convention of 1912_____________ gj XII. Prepared opium_________________________________________________ 55 X III. Other drugs_____________________________________________________ gg APPENDIX Statistical tables___________________________________________ List of countries parties to international opium conventions LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL T r e a s u r y D e p a r t m e n t , Bureau of Narcotics, Washington, April 1, 1941. The Honorable the Secretary of the Treasury. Sir : I have the honor to transmit, in accordance with Article 21 of the Convention of 1931 for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, the report of the Government of the United States on the Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs, for the calendar year ended December 31, 1940, in the established form for distribution through the Secretary of State to the nations signatory to the International Drug Conventions of 1912 and 1931. Copy of this report will be transmitted to Congress as required by the act of June 14, 1930. Respectfully, H . J. Anslinger, Commissioner of Narcotics. V REPORT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,1940, ON THE TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGER­ OUS DRUGS A. GENERAL I. Laws and Publications. The usual Federal law, enacted annually, making an appropriation for narcotic enforcement was approved March 25, 1940, and allotted the sum of $1,303,280 for the enforcement of the Federal narcotic drug laws for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941. The revenue accruing to the Government from application of the Federal narcotic laws for the year 1940 was $1,337,090.25, made up as follows: Customs duties on opium released to manufacturers_______ __ $520, 209. 90 Customs duties on coca leaves imported __ 77,647.01 Internal Revenue collections—registrations, tax stamps, order forms—on opium, coca leaves, and marihuana ______________ 574, 753. 06 Paid fines and compromises___________ 51, 174. 28 Value of seized cars_________________ _ . ______________ _ 113, 306. 00 Total_______________________________________________ 1.337,090.25 The act of Congress approved June 28, 1940, amended the immigra­ tion laws so as to provide for the deportation of any alien convicted I iorviolation of or conspiracy to violate any narcotic drug or marihuana I St of the United States or of any State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia. U n if o r m N a r c o tic D r u g A ct No additional States adopted the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act during the year. Prior to 1940 it had been adopted in 39 States, in the District of Columbia, and in the Territories of Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The act proves very valuable in coordinating enforcement machinery through mandatory cooperation of State and Federal officers, and it is therefore hoped that the following States will pass it at the forth- i coming sessions of their legislatures: STATES WHICH HAVE NOT PASSED THE UNIFORM NARCOTIC DRUG ACT OR OTHER ADEQUATE NARCOTIC LEGISLATION Kansas New Hampshire Vermont Maine North Dakota Washington Massachusetts 2 TRAFFIC IN OPIUM The States of California,1 Pennsylvania,1 Indiana, Illinois, New York, Connecticut, Florida, and Ohio are commended for the work they have done during the year on the narcotic problem. Iowa and Kansas have made excellent progress on marihuana eradication pro­ grams. On July 1, 1940, the State of California placed into effect corrective legislation to check the prescribing of drugs to addicts by physicians, the filling of such prescriptions by pharmacists, and the procurement of drugs by addicts by means of forged prescriptions. In a check-up in October 1940 it was disclosed that an unusually large amount of nar­ cotics was being supplied to individuals throughout the State, manv prescriptions were being written for addicts w'ell known to the State Division, addicts were procuring narcotics from two or more physicians at the same time, and addicts were using different names with various physicians. The Chief of the California Division of Narcotic Enforce­ ment reports that the results already procured by this new legislation are gratifying. II. Administration. No changes were made during the year in the administrative arrange­ ments for the implementation of the international conventions, the Bureau of Narcotics, under the supervision of the Commissioner of Narcotics, being charged with these responsibilities. A chart showing the present organization and principal functions of the Bureau is shown on the opposite page. Decrease in Drug Addiction 2 (To opium and its derivatives and the coca leaf and its derivatives) Reports such as those quoted below, which have been received from many reliable sources during the year, indicate that drug addiction in the United States is steadily decreasing, and that there are few instances where an individual has recently acquired a drug habit. The number of nonmedical drug addicts known to the authorities is estimated at not more than 1 in every 3,000 of the population, a reduc­ tion of at least 66 percent in the past two decades. T
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