History of Drug Trends in the United States

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  • Regulating the Sales of Pharmaceutical Drugs

    Laws were introduced on a state to state basis to regulate and make sure the sale of drugs were safer than the past

  • Harrison Narcotic Act

    The first instance of the United States banning the sale of domestic drugs. it was known as a act for prosecuting doctors that prescribed to addicts

  • Regulation of Marijuana

    The first regulation of Cannabis use

  • Daniel Act

    The prosecution of the use of Marijuana because of the gateway drug theory stating that marijuana was the gateway to heroin use

  • CSA

    The Controlled Substance Act came into play in the United States. This was the U.S. federal policy on the manufacturing on importation of drugs and drug use

  • Peak of American Drug Use

    After a survey, over 25 million Americans admitted to the use of an illegal drug

  • Office of Nation Drug Control Policy

    Drug research, in comparison to diplomatic, security aspects

  • NRC

    National Research Council does its first full study on drugs

  • Nation Drug Control Budget

    Initiated by President Obama and was given over 340 million dollars to help addicts and recovering addicts