War on Drugs by Grant Howlett https://padlet.com/ghowlett/sb5h3nl6osik By: Grant Howlett en-us 2018-01-29 18:07:09 UTC 2025-04-21 16:17:22 UTC hello@padlet.com Background Timeline ghowlett https://padlet.com/ghowlett/sb5h3nl6osik/wish/225771337 1890- Sears catalog offers cocaine for $1.50 (No drug laws) First tax on morphine and opium in 1890. 
1909- Smoking Opium Exclusion Act, banned opium.  First federal law to ban non-medical use of a drug. Practice continued through medicinal purposes. 
1914- Harrison Act, regulated opiates and cocaine.
1919- 18th amendment (banned alcohol) 
Volstead Act- Created guidelines to enforce prohibition    
1933- 21st amendment (repealed 18th) 
1937- Tax on sale of cannabis, hemp, or marijuana 
Did not criminalize possession but penalties on not paying taxes.
1970- Controlled Substance Act, regulated drugs, five schedules for drugs, most to least dangerous. 
1971- Nixon declares War on Drugs]]> 2018-01-29 18:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ghowlett/sb5h3nl6osik/wish/225771337 Carter Vs Reagan ghowlett https://padlet.com/ghowlett/sb5h3nl6osik/wish/225771638 1973- DEA, controls drug smuggling
1977- Jimmy Carter campaigns for marijuana, becomes president and begins to try to decriminalize an ounce of marijuana 
1984- Nancy Reagan, "Just Say No"
1986- Anti-Drug Abuse Act]]> 2018-01-29 18:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ghowlett/sb5h3nl6osik/wish/225771638 Overdose Statistics ghowlett https://padlet.com/ghowlett/sb5h3nl6osik/wish/225772146 52,404 people in 2016 OD
That is 145 Americans every day.
16 per 100,000 in 2015 compared to 6 per 100,000 in 1999


Gray is for urban, black is for rural.
Death rates form overdoses in rural areas now outpace the rate in large metropolitan areas
Nationally, opioids cause more than 61% of deaths from overdoses in 2014. ]]> 2018-01-29 18:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ghowlett/sb5h3nl6osik/wish/225772146 NH, WV, NM, Differences and Similarities ghowlett https://padlet.com/ghowlett/sb5h3nl6osik/wish/225772315 Similarities- Drug overdoses are on the rise. There has been an immense interest in the drug overdoses but the deaths are still on the rise.
Differences- In New Hampshire it is more affected by fentanyl although West Virginia is being impacted by prescription drugs. This is so because their work is more injury prone getting them hooked. State government tried to cut back on pain killer prescription drugs but made heroin deaths skyrocket.


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