The
League of Nations and
United States began participating in world narcotic conferences in the early 1900s. In 1924, United States House of Representatives passed a
resolution for international conferences better known as the
Second International Opium Convention. In 1926,
69th United States Congress held hearings concerning a House resolution for the participation in the first narcotic education conference held in the United States. The
Benjamin Franklin Hotel sponsored the narcotic education event in
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania from July 5 to July 9, 1926. In the early 1930s, the World Conference on Narcotic Education meetings were held at the
Hotel McAlpin in
New York City,
New York. The
31st President of the United States Herbert Hoover issued public statements at the controlled substance education occasion stressing narcotic drugs as a "fearful menace" and a "menace to society". In 1944, the 78th United States Congress passed a
joint resolution supporting the purposes of the International Opium Conferences. The United States congressional motion reciprocated an urgency for the limitations on the production of opium to amounts required for strictly medicinal and scientific purposes. ==In popular culture==