https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s A fact dump. en-us 2018-01-29 14:23:31 UTC 2018-01-31 14:55:26 UTC hello@padlet.com ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226564017 Smoking Opium Exclusion Act of 1909 bans possession, use, importation of opium for smoking uses. DOES NOT BAN MEDICAL OPIUM.]]> 2018-01-31 14:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226564017 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226565342 Harrison Act passed; taxes opiates, cocaine.]]> 2018-01-31 14:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226565342 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226566604 18th amendment passed, banning liquors. Prohibition is passed, lasts until 1933.]]> 2018-01-31 14:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226566604 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226568509 Marijuana Tax Act passed. Taxes cannabis, hemp.]]> 2018-01-31 14:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226568509 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226569738 Controlled Substances Act passed. Sets regulations for certain drugs/substances.]]> 2018-01-31 14:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226569738 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226570958 Nixon declares war on drugs in 1971. Creates DEA in 1973.]]> 2018-01-31 14:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226570958 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226572620 War on drugs takes hiatus. Eleven states remove penalties on cannabis possession. Jimmy Carter initiated as president in 1977, allows up to one ounce of cannabis.]]> 2018-01-31 14:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226572620 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226574215 President Reagan reinforces drug war policies. First Lady launches "Just Say No."
Anti-Drug Abuse Act passed in 1986, establishing prison sentences.]]> 2018-01-31 14:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226574215 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226575356 Fair Sentencing Act passed. Reduces differences between crack & powder.]]> 2018-01-31 14:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226575356 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226578907 Carter is pretty lax on drugs. He removes/loosens some of the legislature passed by Nixon. When Reagan is elected, he places new legislature and makes it harsher.]]> 2018-01-31 14:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226578907 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226579721 Overdose deaths exceed 64,000 in 2016. Further data unavailable.]]> 2018-01-31 14:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226579721 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226580571 Deaths reach 52,404 in 2015. That averages to about 145 deaths in one day.]]> 2018-01-31 14:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226580571 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226581422 Death rate, 1999: 6/100,000
Death rate, 2015: 16/100,000]]> 2018-01-31 14:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226581422 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226582491 The trend has been compared to that of HIV/AIDS in late 1980s-early 1990s.]]> 2018-01-31 14:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226582491 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226586580 326 deaths by opioid in 2014. Many presidential candidates use this as a leveraging state, using it as a talking point.]]> 2018-01-31 14:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226586580 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226588159 Blue-collar communities and rural areas are more likely to be affected than white-collar or urban.]]> 2018-01-31 14:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226588159 ldaum https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226588593 Heroin addiction runs rampant and is being passed on through generations. ]]> 2018-01-31 14:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ldaum/98q1otj1ms9s/wish/226588593