* 1937 – The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.

* August 2 – The Marihuana Tax Act Pub.

** The Marihuana Tax Act becomes law in the United States.

Weston was, prior to its cultivation being prohibited by the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act, the world's leading producer of industrial hemp.

Roosevelt administration crafted the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act, the first US national law making cannabis possession illegal via an unpayable tax on the drug.

( See 1937 Marihuana Tax Act ).

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Doughton is also known for introducing the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, which ultimately began federal marijuana prohibition in the United States.

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Using this framework, brief nude scenes of women appeared in Maniac ( 1934 ) and Sex Madness ( 1937 ), and nude swimming sequences in Damaged Lives ( 1933 ), Marihuana ( 1936 ) and Child Bride ( 1938 ).

Siler et al., " Marihuana Smoking in Panama ," The Military Surgeon, 73: 269-280, 1933.

Hitzig v. Canada is a 2003 civil case in which challenged the constitutionality of the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations ( MMAR ), now the Medical Marihuana Access Division.

Marihuana is a short cut to the insane asylum.

* Marihuana, A Signal of Misunderstanding, Commissioned by President Richard M. Nixon, March, 1972.

Egeberg intended for marijuana to remain in Schedule I only until the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse completed its report.

In: Marihuana, the Forbidden Medicine, Yale University, 1993.

The title of Marihuana Reconsidered " reflected that change in view.

Grinspoon is widely known as the author or co-author of several cannabis / psychedelic-related books, including Marihuana Reconsidered ( publication dates 1971, 1977 and 1994 ), Psychedelic Drugs Reconsidered, Marijuana: The Forbidden Medicine and Psychedelic Reflections.

The first of the articles, " Becoming a Marihuana User ," outlines how social interaction plays a role in learning to use and enjoy the effects of the drug.

The second, " Marihuana Use and Social Control ," describes how mechanisms of control serve to limit use of the drug and further label users as deviants.

In 1938, shortly after the federal government cracked down on marijuana, the prohibitionist warning was carried in the book Marihuana: America ’ s New Drug Problem.

* The National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse ( also called the Shafer Commission ), a 13 member panel created by Congress, unanimously recommended the removal of federal and state restrictions against the personal possession and private use of marijuana.

* 1980 – President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U. S. economy rebound.

However the IRS now requires barter exchanges to be reported as per the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982.

Under Tax Court of Canada Rules of Tax Court of Canada Act, a person who is found to be in contempt may be imprisoned for a period of less than two years or fined.

It carried the words, " No Stamp Act, No Sedition Act, No Alien Bills, No Land Tax, downfall to the Tyrants of America ; peace and retirement to the President ; Love Live the Vice President ," referring to then-President John Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson.

The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act ( Ch.

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Reagan followed his 1981 tax cuts with the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which sought to eliminate deductions, lower marginal rates for the wealthy, and significantly raise taxes on those earning less than $ 50, 000 In 1982 Reagan agreed to a rollback of corporate tax cuts and a smaller rollback of individual income tax cuts.

With the Tax Reform Act of 1986, Reagan and Congress sought to raise taxes on lower incomes, eliminate many deductions, and reduce tax rates on the wealthy.

President Ronald Reagan signs the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 at his California ranch.

But the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 ( EGTRRA ) made 401 ( k ) plans more beneficial to the self-employed.

( The Act is now commonly referred to using the modern spelling as the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act.

* May 11 – Income Tax Act establishes the first peacetime income tax in the United Kingdom ; 7 pence in the pound, for incomes over 150 pounds.

The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 restricted the manufacture and distribution of opiates, including laudanum, and coca derivatives in the United States ; this was followed by France's Loi des stupefiants in 1916, and Britain's Dangerous Drugs Act in 1920.

* 1975: Revenue Adjustment Act ( Earned Income Tax Credit ) PL 94-12, 164

* The passing of a Foreign Tax Act, which limited the possibility of tax evasion.

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The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (), also known as the ERTA or " Kemp-Roth Tax Cut ," was a federal law enacted in the United States in 1981.

In 1936, Jackson became Assistant Attorney General heading the Tax Division of the Department of Justice, and in 1937 he became Assistant Attorney General heading the Antitrust Division.

Sun was a colonel and led his troops, a Tax Police Regiment, fighting Japanese during the Battle of Shanghai in 1937.

The Tax Foundation is a Washington, D. C .- based think tank founded in 1937 that collects data and publishes research studies on tax policies at the federal and state levels.

The Tax Foundation was organized on December 5, 1937 in New York City by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., Chairman of the General Motors Corporation ; Donaldson Brown, GM Financial Vice President ; William S. Farish, President of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey ( Exxon ); and Lewis H. Brown, President of Johns-Manville Corporation, who later became the first Chairman of the Board of The Tax Foundation.

In 1937, the Marijuana Transfer Tax Act was passed.

The FBN is credited for criminalizing drugs such as cannabis with the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, as well as strengthening the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914.

The report was prepared by the New York Academy of Medicine, on behalf of a commission appointed in 1939 by New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia who was a strong opponent of the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act.

In early 1937, he was a member of the United States Board of Tax Appeals.