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A Brief History of Drugs and Drug Laws

A Brief History of Drugs and Drug Laws. FRSC 8104 Criminalistics II Professor Bensley. “Why Great-Grandma was Always so Happy!”. What is a Drug?. Substance that, when ingested, is capable of producing a physiological change Medicines – combinations of drugs and inert ingredients.

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A Brief History of Drugs and Drug Laws

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  1. A Brief History of Drugs and Drug Laws FRSC 8104 Criminalistics II Professor Bensley

  2. “Why Great-Grandma was Always so Happy!”

  3. What is a Drug? • Substance that, when ingested, is capable of producing a physiological change • Medicines – combinations of drugs and inert ingredients

  4. The Legal Drug Industry • 2011 – United States pharmaceutical revenue was $307 BILLION (2001 = $172 Billion) • U.S. accounts for approx. ½ of world’s pharmaceutical industry revenue • Top selling legal drugs worldwide? • Nexium - $5.6 billion • Abilify - $5.6 billion • Crestor - $4.8 billion

  5. The Illicit Drug Industry • Almost impossible to determine • “Guesstimations” - $50 to $350 BILLION • Cocaine: ~$100 Billion (mostly North America – 62%) • Heroin: ~$100 Billion (Europe is #1 in sales – 56%) • Cannabis: ~$75 Billion (North America dominated – 55%) Source: http://www.unodc.org/pdf/technical_series_1998-01-01_1.pdf

  6. Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics Past Month Illicit Drug Use among Persons Aged 12 or Older: 2009 Source: 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

  7. Past Month Use of Selected Illicit Drugs among Persons Aged 12 or Older: 2002-2009 Source: 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

  8. Going Way Back…

  9. The 19th Century

  10. The 19th Century

  11. The 19th Century Morphine Structure Heroin Structure

  12. Have a Coke and a Smile!

  13. Patent Medicines

  14. All laws regulating drugs have been enacted due to either racism or social class prejudices.

  15. Opium Control and Chinese Immigrants

  16. Surprise…

  17. Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

  18. Harrison Tax Act (1914)

  19. Early 20th Century

  20. Marih(j)uana Tax Act (1937)

  21. Marih(j)uana Tax Act (1937)

  22. The “High” Sixties

  23. Controlled Substances Act (1970)

  24. The 1980s

  25. Recent History

  26. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/27/prisons-are-shrinking-that-wont-necessarily-last/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/27/prisons-are-shrinking-that-wont-necessarily-last/

  27. Marijuana Production in United States http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr2/MJCropReport_2006.pdf

  28. The Illicit Drug Industry Today

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