War on Drugs by https://padlet.com/nbaugh2/9w0wcdfjh1k2 en-us 2018-01-29 18:07:35 UTC 2024-07-01 17:05:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Background Timeline 1980 to 1973 nbaugh2 https://padlet.com/nbaugh2/9w0wcdfjh1k2/wish/225771771
  • 1890
    • - Sears catalog offered syringe with cocaine for &1.50 = No drug laws
    - First act to tax morphine and opium 
    • 1909
    -  "Smoking Opium Exclusion Act" banned possession, importation, and smoking of opium, but OKAY for medication.... 1st law on non-medical substance
    • 1914
    - "Harrison Act" regulates and taxes the making, importation, and selling of opiates and cocaine (Pharmaceutical companies take control)
    • 1919
    - 18th amendment: Prohibition of Alcohol... 1933, 21st Amendment: overturns 18th
    - "National Prohibition Act" / "Volstead Act" guidelines on how to fed. enforce 18th amend
    • 1937
    - "Marijuana Tax Act" 1st tax on marijuana by NC
    - Possession not criminal, but large penalties if don't pay tax
    • 1970
    - "Controlled Substances Act" regulates most drugs 
    - Made five schedules to classify drugs based on addiction dangers
     > Schedule 1 most dangerous. EX: Heroin, LSD, etc
    • 1971
    Nixon declares "War on Drugs"
    • 1973
    - Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for drug use and smuggling in the US
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  • Jimmy Carter 
    • - Said he would make marijuana legal in his campaign
    - 1 oz of marijuana decriminalized by the Senate Judiciary Committee
    • Ronald Reagan 
    - 1984: Wife made "Just Say No" campaign, which educated kids on the effects of drug use
    - More prison time for nonviolent drug crimes
    -1986 "Anti Drug Abuse Act" min sentences for specific drug offenses 
    ]]>     2018-01-29 18:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nbaugh2/9w0wcdfjh1k2/wish/225772011     Overdose Statistics nbaugh2 https://padlet.com/nbaugh2/9w0wcdfjh1k2/wish/225772149 - 2016: 64,000 overdose deaths
    - 2015: 145 Americans overdose every day (52,404 total)
    - Avg of 16 per 100,000 people overdoes in 2015, (6 per 100,000 in 1999)
    -     Opioids involved in more than 61% of drug overdose deaths in 2014

    Graph: Rural Death Rates from Overdose Outpace Metro Area]]>     2018-01-29 18:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nbaugh2/9w0wcdfjh1k2/wish/225772149     NH, WV, NM Differences and Similarities nbaugh2 https://padlet.com/nbaugh2/9w0wcdfjh1k2/wish/225772284
  • New Hampshire 
    • - 2014: 326 opioid overdose deaths, most related to fentanyl and heroin 
    - 49/50  (Texas last) in treatment programs for druggies nationally 
    • Appalachia (WV)
    -  More Labor Intensive Work = More injuries = More prescribed medication
    -  Years Later: State cracked down on Prescription Painkiller misuse, so people turned to heroin
    - WV Highest OD rate in country 
    • New Mexico 
    - Heroin Addictions "passed down from generations" 
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