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Charles Henry Brent for his Feast Day–A Historical Plaque for Him from Ontario, Canada

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Kendall Harmon

Confronted by the devastating moral and physical effects of opium addiction, Brent became an uncompromising advocate of drug control. He urged international co-operation in eradicating drug abuse and served as president of the Opium Commission at Shanghai (1909) and the Opium Conference at The Hague (1911-12).

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