https://padlet.com/jmoody5/6huo269mg2wg Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2018-01-29 18:07:12 UTC 2018-02-06 18:35:07 UTC hello@padlet.com jmoody5 https://padlet.com/jmoody5/6huo269mg2wg/wish/225771877 1890 - sears catalog had an offer for a syringe and cocaine for $1.50 (no drug laws) / some states allowed or banned drugs, the first act to levy tax on morphine and opium 
1909 - banned the possession and smoking of opium, opium was still used as medicine 
1914 - Harrison Act regulated the production and importation of opiates and cocaine 
1919 - the 18th amendment was ratified banning the sale of alcohol, the same year the National Prohibition Act  (Volstead Act) offered a guideline to try and enforce the prohibition act 
1933 - Prohibition ended in December 1933 when the 21st amendment was ratified and overturned the 18th 
1937 - Marijuana tax Act was put into place and put a tax on the sale of weed, if you did not pay the tax you could face up to five years in prison and a $2,000 penalty 
1970 - regulated most drugs and substance, created 5 different tiers for drugs, first tier is the deadliest, and the fifth is like your ibuprofen
1971 - Nixon said drug use was "public issue number one" this was due to the increase in recreational use in the 1960s
1973 - Nixon created the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) at the start they had a budget of 75 million it is now at $2.03 billion

]]> 2018-01-29 18:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoody5/6huo269mg2wg/wish/225771877 jmoody5 https://padlet.com/jmoody5/6huo269mg2wg/wish/225772073 1977 - during Carters first year of office the Senate voted to decriminalize up to an ounce of weed
1980 - Ronald Reagan expanded Nixon's drug policies 
1984 - Reagan's wife Nancy launched the "Just Say No" which taught children the dangers of drugs 
1986 - Congress passed the "Anti-Drug Abuse Act" established a minimum prison sentence on certain drugs, critics pointed that colored people were targeted more than anyone else 


]]> 2018-01-29 18:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoody5/6huo269mg2wg/wish/225772073 jmoody5 https://padlet.com/jmoody5/6huo269mg2wg/wish/225772205 2016 - 64,000 overdose deaths
2015 - the death rate for overdoses reached 52,404 people
2015 - 6 out of 100,000 overdosed in 1999 to 16 out of 100,000 in 2015

15 per 100,000

Black is rural areas and grey is large metro areas 

2015 - rural areas have skyrocketed and shows that country livers overdose more than city livers. 
Rural parts now outpace the overdose rates than in cities 
2014 - Opioids are involved in more than 61 percent of deaths from overdoses in 2014 

]]> 2018-01-29 18:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoody5/6huo269mg2wg/wish/225772205 jmoody5 https://padlet.com/jmoody5/6huo269mg2wg/wish/225772377 New Mexico - has had high death rates from heroin since even the 1990's, heroin is passed down from generation to generation, there has been grandparents who were heroin users for years and it was passed down to the younger generation, it is harder to get young people to stop because they are still having fun and do not want to get sober
New Hampshire - The use of opioids happens in both cities and rural areas in new Hampshire, New Hampshire is second to last ahead of Texas in access treatment plans 
Appalachia - has been struck with overdose deaths due to the addiction to prescription medication by injured workers 

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