It legally resticts the right to free speech. The First Amendment of the US Constitution grants the right to free speech, but it does not protect libel. Libel is writing false statements that hurt a person's reputation. These kinds of statements fall under defamation. While the Constitution does not protect libel, it is not a criminal offense. Instead, victims of defamation may take the matter to a civil court.
In the year 1914, the U.S. congress passed the Harrison act. This act taxed and regulated the importation, distribution, and production of cocaine and opiates. This Harrison Act or also known as the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was a federal law in the United States which was proposed by the representative of New York, Francis Burton Harrison and this act was approved on the 17th of December, 1914.
The us government viewed its treaties with the native poorly we kept making treaties and then we broke them then we made more the we broke those too so the u.s government treated the treaties and the natives very poorly
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