1991 Event Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics 1957 Event New York narcotics investigator, Dr. Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes 1933 Event Nevada becomes 1st U.S. state to regulate narcotics 1909 Event 1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
