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The Drug Trade
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Karson, Lawrence |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | Alcohol was but one item that federal law prohibited in the early twentieth century. In 1914, opium and cocaine were, as alcohol would be a few years later, prohibited for non-medicinal use. Like alcohol, the use of narcotics in America dated to the colonial era. Yet throughout the first 150 years of the United States' existence, American business interests have had an intimate relationship with narcotics and narcotics have been a major feature of white-collar criminality—all in the name of achieving the American Dream, achieved, as Merton remarked, 'by fair means if possible and by foul means if $necessary'.^{1}$ On more than one occasion, foul means were more than necessary, but some of Sutherland's 'respected business or professional men' did not hesitate to achieve success by those necessary $means.^{2}$ Book Name: American Smuggling as White Collar Crime |
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| Ending Page | 188 |
| Page Count | 23 |
| Starting Page | 166 |
| DOI | 10.1201/9781003073185-9 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2020-09-25 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: American Smuggling As White Collar Crime History Alcohol Cocaine Collar Fair Opium Foul Item Sutherland Hesitate Prohibited |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
