The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act (ch. 1, ) was a
United States federal law that regulated and taxed the production, importation, and distribution of
opiates. The act was proposed by
Representative Francis Burton Harrison of
New York and was approved on
December 17,
1914."An Act To provide for the registration of, with collectors of internal revenue, and to impose a special tax on all persons who produce, import, manufacture, compound, deal in, dispense, sell, distribute, or give away
opium or
coca leaves, their salts, derivatives, or preparations, and for other purposes." The courts interpreted this to mean that physicians could prescribe narcotics to patients in the course of normal treatment, but not for the treatment of addiction.
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