War on Drugs by Owen Bielefeld https://padlet.com/obeely/8pe5pf0oja69 en-us 2018-01-29 13:50:10 UTC 2023-01-21 13:16:25 UTC hello@padlet.com Background Timeline obeely https://padlet.com/obeely/8pe5pf0oja69/wish/225614749 1890- First tax on morphine and opium. 
1890's- You could by drugs and syringes out of catalogue. 
1909- First federal law to ban non medical use of opium.
1914- Harrison act, regulation and taxation on opium production, distribution, and importation. 
1919- 18th amendment ratified. Banned alcohol. volstead act- al capone.
1933- 21st amendment. repealed 18th amendment. 
1937- Federal law to tax marijuana. Did not criminalize possession but made heavy penalties on not paying taxes on marijuana.
1970- Controlled Substance Act, regulated certain drugs. Five schedules of drugs used to classify them. ex: Heroin
1971- War on Drugs, Nixon, 
1973- DEA (drug enforcement administration)]]> 2018-01-29 13:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/obeely/8pe5pf0oja69/wish/225614749 Carter vs Reagan obeely https://padlet.com/obeely/8pe5pf0oja69/wish/225615512 Carter- decriminalize marijuana. Only have one ounce
Reagan- "Just Say No" Anti-Drug abuse act. Crack vs Cocaine. Racist reasons. ]]> 2018-01-29 13:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/obeely/8pe5pf0oja69/wish/225615512 Overdose Stats obeely https://padlet.com/obeely/8pe5pf0oja69/wish/225615734 The number of overdose deaths reached 64,000 people in 2016.
in 2015 it was 52,000 deaths. 
It averages to 145 people dying a day.
opioids were involved in more than 61 percent of deaths from overdoses in 2014.
rural areas are outpacing metro areas in overdose deaths.
]]> 2018-01-29 13:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/obeely/8pe5pf0oja69/wish/225615734 NH, WV, AZ differences and similarities obeely https://padlet.com/obeely/8pe5pf0oja69/wish/225615867 NH- heroin and fentanyl. Drugs deaths have skyrocketed in New Hampshire. The state is second to last, ahead of only Texas, in access to treatment programs. In 2014, 326 people died from an overdose of an opioid. Deaths from heroin overdoses have more than tripled since 2010 and are double the rate of deaths from cocaine. West Virginia has the highest overdose death rate in the nation. New Mexico has a bad heroin problem and it passes down the generations.]]> 2018-01-29 13:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/obeely/8pe5pf0oja69/wish/225615867