https://padlet.com/loganherrin400/9tp0tztduwg9 en-us 2018-01-29 18:08:32 UTC 2025-12-31 17:52:22 UTC hello@padlet.com loganherrin400 https://padlet.com/loganherrin400/9tp0tztduwg9/wish/225772392 1890-sears catalog offers a syringe and cocaine for 1.50$ ( No drug laws).  First act to levy taxes on morphine and opium took place. 
1909- Smoking Opium Exclusion Act banned the possession. Opium could still be used as a medication. 
1914- Harrison act, regulated and taxed the production, importation, and distribution of opiates and cocaine. 
1919- Pass the 18th Amendment. banned the manufacture, transpiration or sale of liquors. 21st repealed the 18th amendment. 
1937- "The Marihuana Tax Act" placed a tax on the sale of marijuana. Did not criminalize possession but made hefty penalties if taxes weren't paid such as a fine up to $2000 and five years in prison.
1970- Controlled Substances Act. Created 5 schedules for drugs, 1 being the most dangerous. Schedule 1 drug example is Ecstasy. 
1971- Nixon officially declared a "War on Drugs"
1973- Nixon created the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Controls drug use and smuggling into the United States.]]> 2018-01-29 18:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/loganherrin400/9tp0tztduwg9/wish/225772392 loganherrin400 https://padlet.com/loganherrin400/9tp0tztduwg9/wish/225772865 Jimmy Carter- campaign to decriminalized marijuana. During Carters first years in office, the senate voted to decriminalize up to one ounce of marijuana . 
Ronald Reagan- reinforced and expanded many of Nixon's war on drugs policies. His wife launched the "Just Say No" campaign, which was an effort to educate children on the dangers of drug use. Anti-Drug Abuse Act. ]]> 2018-01-29 18:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/loganherrin400/9tp0tztduwg9/wish/225772865 loganherrin400 https://padlet.com/loganherrin400/9tp0tztduwg9/wish/225773067 2016- 64,000 people died of overdose.
2015- 52,404 people died in this year to overdose, 12,000 more in the next year. This is equivalent to 145 Americans per day dying.
16 out of 100,000 overdose in 2015 up from the average of 6 per 100,000 in 1999.
15 per 100,000

Black line is rural areas
Grey line is Large metro areas 
time period is from 2002 to 2014.
Death rates from overdoses in rural areas now outpace the rate in large metropolitan areas. 
Opioids were involved in more than 61 percent of deaths from overdoses in 2014.]]> 2018-01-29 18:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/loganherrin400/9tp0tztduwg9/wish/225773067 loganherrin400 https://padlet.com/loganherrin400/9tp0tztduwg9/wish/225773350 In New Hampshire, most deaths from overdose are related to a version of fentanyl and heroin. New Hampshire spends 8 dollars per capita on treatment for substance abuse . The state is second to last, ahead of only Texas, in access to treatment programs.
In Appalachia , overdose deaths have been a problem for more than 10 years but many problems come from prescription drug addiction among the workers. Laws have been passed to address the misuse of prescription pain killers. The type of work they do is more injury prone, so they get hooked on these prescription drugs. State government tried to cut back on painkillers but people turned to heroin. The highest overdose death rate in the nation.
In New Mexico, it has had high death rates from heroin overdoses since the early 90s. Say its much harder to treat younger people. ]]> 2018-01-29 18:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/loganherrin400/9tp0tztduwg9/wish/225773350 loganherrin400 https://padlet.com/loganherrin400/9tp0tztduwg9/wish/226722879 2018-01-31 18:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/loganherrin400/9tp0tztduwg9/wish/226722879