https://padlet.com/coates2/k1dub8y4xrog en-us 2018-01-29 13:54:38 UTC 2024-10-14 20:28:51 UTC hello@padlet.com coates2 https://padlet.com/coates2/k1dub8y4xrog/wish/225614893 1890's  you could by drugs and syringes out of a catalog 
 first federal tax on morphine and opium 

1909 banned the possession, importation and use of opium for smoking. 
 
1914   Harrison act regulated and taxed production importation and distribution of opiates and cocaine 

1919 the 18th amendment(21st amendment repealed) was ratified banning the manufacture of transportation of alcohol (Volstead act  )

1937 Marihuana Tax Act  didnt criminalize possession but gave heavy hefty penalties 

1970  Controlled Substances Act into law in 1970. This statute calls for the regulation of certain drugs and substances. bath salt LSD Meth heroine  

1971 Nixon officially declared a “War on Drugs,” 

1973 Drug Enforcement Administration . This agency is responsible for tackling drug use and smuggling in the United States.


]]> 2018-01-29 13:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/coates2/k1dub8y4xrog/wish/225614893 coates2 https://padlet.com/coates2/k1dub8y4xrog/wish/225615554 1977 jimmy carter  became president  after running on a political campaign to decriminalize marijuana. Committee voted to decriminalize up to one ounce of marijuana.

1980 President Ronald Regan reinforced and expanded many of Nixon’s War on Drugs policies. In 1984, his wife launched the “just Say  no ” to drugs 

1986 anti drugs act allowed a lot longer prison sentence


]]> 2018-01-29 13:57:03 UTC https://padlet.com/coates2/k1dub8y4xrog/wish/225615554 coates2 https://padlet.com/coates2/k1dub8y4xrog/wish/225616234  The number of overdose deaths reached 64000 people in 2016, but county data is not yet available.
 
deaths reached 52,404 people in 2015, or the equivalent of about 145 Americans every day 

Nationally, opioids were involved in more than 61 percent of deaths from overdoses in 2014. 


In fact, death rates from overdoses in rural areas now outpace the rate in large metropolitan areas, which historically had higher rates.]]> 2018-01-29 13:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/coates2/k1dub8y4xrog/wish/225616234 coates2 https://padlet.com/coates2/k1dub8y4xrog/wish/225616524 Drugs deaths have skyrocketed in New Hampshire. In 2014, 326 people died from opioid overdose 

Most of the deaths from overdose in the state are related to a version of fentanyl. “Dealers will lace heroin with it or sell pure fentanyl 

New Hampshire were symptomatic of a larger problem: The state is second to last, ahead of only Texas, in access to treatment programs. New Hampshire spends $8 per capita on treatment for substance abuse. Connecticut, for example, spends twice that amount.

Appalachia has been stricken with overdose deaths for more than a decade, in many ways because of prescription drug addiction among its workers.
high perscription drug equal = blue collar
laws were passed to address the misuse of prescription painkillers, addicts began turning to heroin instead, he said. Because of a lack of workers needed to treat addicts, overdose deaths have continued to afflict states like West Virginia, which has the highest overdose death rate in the nation.

West Virginia and neighboring states have many blue-collar workers, and “in that group, there’s just a lot of injuries

New Mexico has avoided the national spotlight in the current wave of opioid addiction, it has had high death rates from heroin overdoses since the early 1990s.
generational , reach afluent communities .]]> 2018-01-29 13:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/coates2/k1dub8y4xrog/wish/225616524 coates2 https://padlet.com/coates2/k1dub8y4xrog/wish/226559954 2018-01-31 14:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/coates2/k1dub8y4xrog/wish/226559954