Download or read book The Traffic in Narcotics written by Harry Jacob Anslinger and published by Ayer Publishing. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, who became the first federal Commissioner of Narcotics in 1930, sought to repudiate the belief that drug addiction was a disease. In this volume he advocates such measures as high fines and severe mandatory prison sentences for first offenders.