https://padlet.com/lfrederick1258/c8gmld819oc6 en-us 2018-01-29 13:54:39 UTC 2024-12-14 03:22:13 UTC hello@padlet.com lfrederick1258 https://padlet.com/lfrederick1258/c8gmld819oc6/wish/225615584 1890: The Sears and Roebuck catalog had a syringe and cocaine for $1.50
1890: First federal tax on morphine and opium 
1909: first ban on the non-medical use of opium (Smoking Opium Act)
1914: Congress passed the Harrison Act, regulated and taxed the production, importation, and distribution of cocaine and opium
1919: Alcohol prohibition Act, 18th amendment was ratified banning liquors, National Prohibition Act (Volstead Act) (21st Amendment  was ratified)
The Untouchables
1937: Marijuana Tax Act didn't criminalize possession but creates a 2000 dollar penalty for not paying taxes 
1970: Controlled Substances Act, regulation of certain drugs and substances, five schedules classifies drugs. 
1971: Nixon declared "War on Drugs"
1973: DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)
1986:Anti Drug Abuse act

]]> 2018-01-29 13:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lfrederick1258/c8gmld819oc6/wish/225615584 lfrederick1258 https://padlet.com/lfrederick1258/c8gmld819oc6/wish/225616012 Carter ran for a political campaign to decriminalize marijuana for up to one ounce. 
Reagan expanded Nixon's war on drugs and his wife Nancy Reagan created the "Just Say No" it was to teach children the danger of drug use
Anti-Drug Abuse Act ]]> 2018-01-29 13:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lfrederick1258/c8gmld819oc6/wish/225616012 lfrederick1258 https://padlet.com/lfrederick1258/c8gmld819oc6/wish/225616148 64,000 people died from overdose in 2016
In 2015 an average 145 people a day died from overdose
Opioids were involved in 61% of drug overdoses in 2014
Death rates from overdose in rural areas now outpace the rate in large metropolitan areas]]> 2018-01-29 13:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lfrederick1258/c8gmld819oc6/wish/225616148 lfrederick1258 https://padlet.com/lfrederick1258/c8gmld819oc6/wish/225616364 New Hampshire: in 2014, 326 people died from opioids, most other deaths from overdose's are from fentanyl, Second to last state that has access to treatment programs.
Appalachia: Workers in Appalachia are overdosing on prescription drugs. As laws were passed to address the misuse of prescription drugs and addicts turned to heroin.
Blue Collar Work=more painkillers 
West Virginia-highest overdose death rate in the nation.
New Mexico: Generational, affects more affluent communities. ]]> 2018-01-29 13:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lfrederick1258/c8gmld819oc6/wish/225616364