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Letter from William Rucker to Lawrence Kolb

Creator:: Rucker, William Colby (William Colby), 1875-1930
Title:: Letter from William Rucker to Lawrence Kolb
Date:: 24 September 1926
Description:: Dr. Rucker, Medical Officer in Charge of the U. S. Marine Hospital in New Orleans, replied to Kolb's inquiry about marijuana use and addiction. He also offered to send Kolb a sample for analysis, noting that marijuana grew freely behind the 7th Precinct police station, where seized drugs were dumped.
Rights:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Format:: Text
Extent:: 1 pages
Language:: English
NLM ID:: 9918351284206676X173
Profiles Collection:: The Lawrence Kolb Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/9918351284206676X173
Story Section:: Investigations of “The Narcotic Drug Problem” and further work on the Mental Examination of Aliens, 1923-1932
Exhibit Tags:: investigations
Recipient:: Kolb, Lawrence, 1881-1972