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		yanowitz on July 28, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Have Marijuana Tests Resulted in Tens of Thousands... Interesting article, horrific story, but one oddity stuck out: "The Duquenois test was developed in the late 1930s by a French pharmacist, Pierre Duquénois, while he was working for the United Nations division of narcotics." The UN wasn't founded until 1945. How did he do this work for the UN in the late 30s? Should that be late 40s?

jat850 on July 28, 2010 | [–]

It could have implicitly meant the League of Nations, precursor to the United Nations, and simply misidentified (or simplified) it as such.

parfe on July 28, 2010 | [–]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_on_Narcotic_Drugs

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