https://padlet.com/kschroeder15/5007yadniva5 en-us 2018-01-29 18:07:44 UTC 2025-11-03 13:03:34 UTC hello@padlet.com kschroeder15 https://padlet.com/kschroeder15/5007yadniva5/wish/225771549 - 1890: Sears catalog offers syringe and cocaine for $1.50. (no drugs laws yet.) First act against drugs to levy taxes on morphine and opium
- 1909: Smoking Opium Exclusion Act (no smoking opium, but still medication).
- 1914: Harrison Act (gov. regulates production and distribution of opium and cocaine.)
- 1919: Passed 18th amendment (ban manufacture, selling, transport of liquor.)  21st amendment (1933) repealed 18th. Volstead Act (how to enforce prohibition.)
- 1937: Marijuana Tax Act (first tax on marijuana. Did not criminalize possession, but penalties if you don't pay taxes.)
- 1970: Controlled Substances Act (regulating most drugs and substances. Five 'schedules' for drugs based medicine and danger.) Ex. of schedule 1) heroin, LSD, ecstasy
- 1971: Nixon declares 'War on Drugs' 
- 1973: Nixon creates the Drug Enforcement Administration (controls smuggling)]]> 2018-01-29 18:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kschroeder15/5007yadniva5/wish/225771549 kschroeder15 https://padlet.com/kschroeder15/5007yadniva5/wish/225771866 Carter:
- Campaign about decriminalizing marijuana
- Decriminalization of one once of marijuana voted on by Senate Judiciary Committee when he was president
Reagan:
- His wife had the "just say no" campaign (education on dangers of drugs)
- Refocused on drugs
- Anti-Drug Abuse Act (mandatory minimum prison sentence for certain drug offenses)]]> 2018-01-29 18:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kschroeder15/5007yadniva5/wish/225771866 kschroeder15 https://padlet.com/kschroeder15/5007yadniva5/wish/225772066 -  In 2016, 64,000 overdose deaths
- In 2015, there were 52,404 deaths which is abut 145 Americans every day
- Death rate jumps to an average of 16 per 100,000 in 2015 from 6 per 100,000 in 1999
- Death rates from overdoses in rural areas are significantly higher in city areas
- Opioids involved in more than 61% of deaths from overdoses in 2014]]> 2018-01-29 18:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kschroeder15/5007yadniva5/wish/225772066 kschroeder15 https://padlet.com/kschroeder15/5007yadniva5/wish/225772156 NH:
- Most deaths related to a version of fentanyl and heroin
- Second to last in access to treatment programs (49/50)
Appalachia:
- Prescription drug addiction in workers
- The type of work is labor intensive and injury prone (blue collar work)
- Laws passed against painkillers, and people turn to heroin
- WV has the highest overdose death rate in nation
NM:
- High death rates from heroin
- Hard to treat young people]]> 2018-01-29 18:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kschroeder15/5007yadniva5/wish/225772156