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Drug Use Increases
The use of cannabis and other drugs comes under increasing scrutiny -
Marijuana Tax Act Passed
This act outlawed the use of recreational marijuana use, and medical use of marijuana. -
Mexico Tries To Take Control
Mexican President, Lázaro Cárdenas attempts to place production of narcotics under the control of the state. The U.S. then reacted by placing an embargo against any medical products that would we imported from mexico. -
World War II
The production of poppy and hemp increase within mexico, as well as the importation of opium, marijuana, and heroin(needed for morphine) are blocked. -
Drugs Rise
The use of recreational drugs rises in the United States. -
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention
Congress passes the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act. This law consolidates previous drug laws and reduces penalties for marijuana possession. -
DALE
The Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement is founded in the U.S. -
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act is amended.
The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act is amended.It now allows for law enforcement to seize all money or any other trading substance that could be exchanged for a controlled substances. -
Drug Rates are Rising
Incarceration rates in U.S. for drug offenses goes up almost 69%, from 50,000 in 1980 to 400,000 to 1997. -
New York Times Reports About ATF
The New York Times reports that according to the statistics of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), 90% of traced guns used by Mexican drug cartels originated in the United States. -
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Arrest 127
The United States government arrests 127 U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents who were collaborating with the Mexican drug cartels. -
Illegal Drug Trafficking Results In Billions of Dollars in Profits
The U.S. State Department reports that Mexican trafficking organizations have earned between $19 and $29 billion every year from selling illegal drugs in the United States. -
Violence Due To Drugs
The Mexican Army executes 22 alleged gang members in a warehouse in Tlatlaya, State of Mexico. The National Human Rights Commission confirms that the victims were shot after they had surrendered. -
23 States Legalize Cannabis
As of now, 23 states of the U.S. have decriminalized or legalized cannabis to some degree. -
Obama
President Obama frees 46 non-violent drug federal inmates.