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