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On the recordMarch 23, 1950
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim that the Secretary of the Treasury has found the drug NU-2206 (3-hydroxy-N-methyl-morphinan) to have an addition-forming and addition-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 2879—Determining the Drug NU-2206 to Be an Opiate

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