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Harry Truman: “I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim that the Secretary of the Treasury has…”

On the recordJune 30, 1948
I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim that the Secretary of the Treasury has found the drug Isoamidone (4,4-diphenyl-5-methyl-6-dimethylaminohexanone-3) to have an addition-forming and addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine, and that in the public interest this finding should be effective immediately.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2793—Determining the Drug Isoamidone to Be An Opiate

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