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May 23, 2026
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This Day In History, 1930: The sorry tale of Jack Sieman, big-time dope peddler
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Circa. 1949. Photo illustration. Original caption "A new slave to the opium poppy is enlisted. Once a victim of the habit, the girl will "work" for the old addict to get her supply of heroin, for she will be dependent on his contacts with the narcotics dealers. National Film Board photo Article content Jack Sieman was no Al Capone. But in 1929 and 1930, the Canadian “dope peddler” was front-page news in Vancouver and San Francisco for his misdeeds. Article content Sieman was busted in San Francisco on April 1, 1929, after undercover agents purchased $50,000 in cocaine and morphine off Sieman a…
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