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Drug Policies Racial and Ethnic Groups
Unfair racial profiling and an abundance of drugs in lower income areas unfairly put minorities in the spotlight of drug abuse as well as unfair discrimination. This discrimination taking the form of unwarranted searches and arrests compared to their white counterparts. -
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Drug Rehablitation programs
Drug rehabilitation has been happening for a long time. Alcoholics anonymous is one of the very well known groups to help addicts which was formed in 1935. after the creation of this group more support groups would branch out from AA such as Narcotics anonymous, cocaine anonymous, and marijuana anonymous. Today there are tons of different options of rehabilitation from meetings to inpatient services. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
This act prevented the sale and transport of dangerous items meant for consumption such as medications or foods. This would stop the shipping of mislabeled items and warrant the inspection of all things in question by U.S. Bureau of Chemistry to make sure everything was correct as well as prosecute violators. -
Sinclair's The Jungle
The Jungle is a book written by Upton Sinclair to expose the meatpacking industry as well as other large industries of their exploitation of immigrant workers. While the workers suffered in horrible living situations with hard jobs that were not very fruitful the owners of these large industries flourished. -
Harrison Act
The Harrison Act was introduced to the house by Francis Burton Harrison; it was created to regulate and tax the sale, import and distribution of opiates and coca products in the United States. -
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Prohibition
A nation wide ban on the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. This was prompted by alcoholism, violence and corrupt political standpoints causing groups to protest the drink in America. Which would only then lead to more violence in the underground brewing and the gangs that transported the illegal drink. -
Marijuana
Marijuana would obtain its name as a dangerous drug in the 1930s when the U.S. Federal Bureau of Narcotics would attempt to portray marijuana as a dangerous, addictive substance. It would be seen as the gateway drug from there on out. -
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Patent Medicine
Patent medicine created the medical world as we know it today. This allows companies to patent medications which in turn makes it possible for companies to advertise for their medications in popular media to create a larger market for their product. -
Coca Plant
Coca reappeared in the United States in the 1970s as the highest quality of drugs because of how expensive it was and how there was no "downside" to the drug. Eventually the price dropped and by the 1980s, six million Americans used it on a regular basis. Eventually it would again be known as an extremely dangerous drug. -
Crack Cocaine
Cocaine had been popular for years prior to the creation of the crack form of cocaine. The crack form was created to counter the dropping prices of the powder form of the drug by selling smaller quantities for larger sums of money. This was also was considered easier to use by some because it could be smoked. -
Ronald Regan
Due to crack being such a large issue during the time period where Ronald Regan was elected the issue of fixing the drug problem was extremely prevalent. His wife Nancy would go on to start a highly publicized anti-drug campaign with the slogan "Just Say No". This would start the era of zero tolerance drug policies. -
1990s
The 1990s brought a rise in pot smoking, rave culture result in gin drugs like ecstasy, backyard labs for methamphetamine, and heroin use. All these combined would show a rise in the number of overdoses. You can still see residual effects of this drug use on popular culture and fashion industries today.
