https://padlet.com/sallyharp00/ds34z3urznl7 en-us 2018-01-29 13:54:37 UTC 2025-11-08 07:37:50 UTC hello@padlet.com sallyharp00 https://padlet.com/sallyharp00/ds34z3urznl7/wish/225615487 1890s: in catalogs, you could by a syringe and a small amount of cocaine for $1.50, no laws on drugs
1890: first federal tax on morphine and opium
1909: Smoking Opium Exclusion Act, banned non-medical use of opium
1914: Harrison Act,  taxed production, importation, and distribution of opiates and cocaine
1919: 1) 18th amendment, banned manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol,  prohibition (1933: 21st amendment, end of the prohibition era)
2) Volstead Act, federally enforcing prohibition
1937: Marijuana Tax Act, tax on sale of cannabis, didn't criminalize possession,  created hefty penalties 
1970: Controlled Substances Act, regulations on certain drugs, created five "schedules" to classify the drugs
Schedule 1: marijuana, heroine, LSD
1971: "War on Drugs",  Nixon targeted drug use
1973: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), agency responsible for fighting drug use and smuggling]]> 2018-01-29 13:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sallyharp00/ds34z3urznl7/wish/225615487 sallyharp00 https://padlet.com/sallyharp00/ds34z3urznl7/wish/225615669 Jimmy Carter: became president in 1977 behind the platform to decriminalize marijuana, 11 states decriminalized possession of marijuana, Carter decriminalized up to one ounce of marijuana
Ronald Reagan: reinforced Nixon's War on Drugs policies, Nancy Reagan launched "Just Say No" to educate the dangers of drug use, Anti-Dug Abuse Act: mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain drug offences]]> 2018-01-29 13:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sallyharp00/ds34z3urznl7/wish/225615669 sallyharp00 https://padlet.com/sallyharp00/ds34z3urznl7/wish/225615951 - the number of overdose deaths reached 64,000 people in 2016
- in 2015, 145 Americans died from overdose each day
- Opioids were involved in over 61% of deaths from overdoses in 2014
- Overdose Deaths from 2002-2014: (black line= rural areas, gray line= large metro areas)]]> 2018-01-29 13:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sallyharp00/ds34z3urznl7/wish/225615951 sallyharp00 https://padlet.com/sallyharp00/ds34z3urznl7/wish/225616316 NH: drug deaths have skyrocketed, opioid (heroin laced with fentanyl) addiction, there is very little access to treatment programs for substance abuse (49/50, Texas is the worst)
WV: blue collar workers= a lot of injuries, misuse of prescription drugs rose and many people also turned to heroin, highest OD death rate in the country
NM: addiction is passed through generations, the addiction has shifted to the younger generation recently]]> 2018-01-29 13:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sallyharp00/ds34z3urznl7/wish/225616316