Lecture 3
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US one of the last industrialized countries to implement drug legislation
Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Regulatory efforts
1789 Hamilton, first us treasury secretary , tax of farmers who sold grain in the form of whiskey
Washington , sent 15000 individuals
Whiskey tax repealed by the group who apposed the federalist party, Thomas jefferson
San francisco
Development of drug laws
Legislation
Las have limited effectiveness
Actually using the drug is not a crime
Most laws try and tackle one main point, reducing availability
Only time it works is when substances are widely unpopular
Are drugs laws racist ?
1875 San Francisco Ordinance
80 years post whiskey rebellion
First reported drug law in the united states
1875 San Francisco
Opium dens - ? (add )
Fairly targeted from racist in points, refence back to how are drugs law racist
Racist ideals led to targeting Asians and caused targeting opium dens.
The law prohibited opium dens not opium use
Opium dens being opened out side of san fran
The ordinace set the stage for some type of drug regulation later on in the united states
o Latter 1900 with drug
Major Drug Laws in the US
Pure food and drug act 1906
Heat and the jungle from colliers weekly got the ball running
o Law passed the same day as meet packing act
o What did these articles really do ?
, Main goal was to control opiate addiction
Had to disclose the contents of the food in the packaging , making amount of opium public
aware
The consumers know specifically what is in what they are consuming
Regulated adulterated and misbranded food and drugs
Outcomes
o bogus cures being exposed
o It was not restrictive but allowed awareness about what is being consumed
The loophole
o the labeling vs the claims
o Only got rid of false claims of the identity of the drug not the claim itself
o Sherley amendment 1912
Prohibiting false and fraudulent claims
But who has the burden of proof?
This established clinical trials , anything new drugs or compounds has to go
though clinical trials
The burden of proof was on what is now the fda , now the companies have the
burden of proof before they can get approval
Harrison narcotic act 1914
Result of the us signing to the hade convention in 1912 ,
The hague convention
o a agreement to international regulation of opium products
o Didn’t prohibit sale and use just where it was coming from
Regulation of opium tracking through taxation
DOES NOT RESTICT USE JUST POSSESSION
If you wanted to go to medical school in late 1800s only need ed high school diploma, cost 100
dollars a year , 1 year or 2 year degree .
Revolution on how medicine is taught and implemented
Additional outcome's
doctors prescriptions
o Doctors need license to distribute narcotics
o Created fight between medicine and law enforcement
Expanded to include other types of drugs ( politics)
o Especially cocaine ( cocaine starts being labeled as a narcotic )
o This led to addicts turning to heroin.
o Yay increase of heroin issue in us ( how did this change or effect the economy) and
potentially doubles the amount of addicts in the us
Drug treatment
o They recognized addiction as a medical condition
o Funds now given to treatment centers
o They where only open for a few years but it was the start of the idea
Prohibition
Passed in the form of the 18th amendment 1920,
Harrison gave greater traction to pass prohibition
Ww1 just ended and people where " living it up"
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