substance: war on drugs: exam 1

1906 pure food and drug act

banned the interstate commerce in misbranded food

*this included drugs like opium, alcohol cocain heroin

1909 opium exclusion act 

opiates were the FIRST drug controlled 

• applied to the opium smoking practice which was common among the chinese 

• this did not target the medicinal opium that white americans used 

• Banned importation of Smokable opium which was a Chinese practice

what was the first national antinarcotic law 

harrison marcotic act 

why was the harrison narcatic act of 1914 passed 

gain favor with chinese 

harrison narcotic act

• special tax on all people who produced, imported, manufactured, dealt or dispensed opium products or coca deriviatives

• dealers like pharmacists and manufacturers had to regiser pay a tax and suse special forms

what did the harrison act allow drs to do

• use in professional settings only but then this was reinterpreted with stricter guidelines

what did the harrison act mark

the beginning of the creation of the CRIMINAL drug addict and the creation of the black market for drugs

3 purposes of the volstead act 1919

• prohibit intoxicating drinks

• regulate the manfufacture sale or transport of liquir ( but not CONSUMPTION)

• ensure ample apply of alchohol and promote its use in scientifici research to to be used in developing dule and dyes and other lawful industries ( including religous rituals

DEFINED INTOXICATING LIQUIR AS any drink with more than 0.5% alcohol by volume 

1937 weed sic tax act targeted

mexican immigrants in the west and soutwest

who speardeaded the weed tax act 1937

harry ansslinger

what did the weed act( sic) 1937 do 

• required tax stamp in order to transfer the product between the seller and buyer 

• DID NOT DIRECTLY BAN WEED 

1970 comprehensive drug abuse prevention and control act

• consolidated all previous las regulaiting the manufacture and distribution of substances that have potential for abuse

• nixon administration

impact of the comprehensive drug abuse and prevention and control act of 1970

shifted drug regulation from a tax commerce issue to a law enfocement issue

what was created as a result of the 1970 comphrensive drug abuse prevention and control act 

created the drug enforcement agency( DEA)

drug schedule 1

very high abuse potential

NO accepted medical use

schedule 2

very high abuse potential

accepted medical use

schedule 3

high abuse potential

accepted medical use

schedule 4

moderate abuse potential

accepted medical use

schedule 5 

low but signficant abuse potential 

accepted medical u 

1986 antidrug abuse act

provided mandatory minimum sentencting as well as sentences without the possibility of parole

under the 1986 ant drug abuse act what was the sentencing for cocaine 

possesion of cocaine was a minimum of 5 years 

what was the consequence of the anti drug abuse act

increase in the number of incarcerated individuals

what act reintroduced mandatory minimum sentencing

federal sentencing reform act

fair sentencing act 2010

• reduced the disparity between the amount of crack cocaine and power cocain needed to cause certain federal criminal penalities 

• eliminated the 5 year mandatory minimum sentence for simple possession for crack cocaine 

how did the fair sentencing act reduce the ratio

reduced from 100:1 weight to 18:1