The Criminal Law and the Narcotics Problem

Abstract

The author is a member of the bar of Connecticut, with law offices in Hartford. He is a graduate of Harvard College as well as the Harvard Law School. In the first portion of this article, Mr. Cantor comprehensively analyzes the legal efforts which have been made, both in this country and on the international level, to combat the trade in illicit narcotics. These efforts, he believes, have been largely ineffective and are, for a number of reasons which he details, doomed to continuing failure. In concluding, Mr. Cantor calls for a comprehensive interdisciplinary attack on the problem and, in that connection, he sets forth definitive suggestions concerning the important role which the criminal law may be able to play in the socio-medical plan which is eventually developed.-EDITOR.