Harry J. Anslinger

Harry Jacob Anslinger was United States government official who served as the first commissioner of the U.S. Treasury Departments Federal Bureau of Narcotics . He was a staunch supporter of prohibition and the criminalization of drugs, and played a pivotal role in cannabis prohibition.

Harry Anslingers father, Robert J. Anslinger, was a barber by trade who was born in Bern, Switzerland. His mother, Rosa Christiana Fladt, was born in Baden, Germany. The family immigrated to the United States in 1881. Robert Anslinger worked in New York for two years, then moved to Altoona, Pennsylvania. In 1892, the year Harry was born, Anslinger went to work for the Pennsylvania Railroad.

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