Four major drug control laws enacted by federal government since 1900 are listed as follows: 1906 Pure food and Drug Act – Consequently,” the new law did not possibly harmful drugs in patented medicines from being sold” (Levinthal,2012). Nevertheless, it only required that manufacturers classify specific drugs that might be delimited in these untested medicines. The Harrison Narcotics Act of 1914: Nevertheless, “at first everyone was required to- importing, manufacturing, selling or dispensing cocaine or opiate drugs to register with the treasury department” (Levinthal,2012). However, they must pay a special tax and keep records. Theoretically, the Harrison Act did not make opiates and cocaine illegal.
Struggling to maintain social order and strength, the Qing Dynasty placed restrictions on opium trade; however, this backfired, provoking retaliation from British traders and leading to a war that would create the Unequal Treaties. The detrimental socio economic effects opium had on China were beginning to surface during the late 1830’s, causing an influx of smokers and a decline in bullion. Although China’s economy suffered, this was the most viable foreign trade option for the British. There was low demand for the cotton the British offered to China, but the increased profits from opium would do more than compensate. Thus, British merchants took various measures to circumvent China’s policies to stop the illicit trade and managed to find
Ultimately, problems from the use of drugs caused Congress to get involved, even when the states discouraged their involvement. Multitudes of laws have been enacted to combat the drug problem in the United States. By the second decade of the twentieth century, calls for expanded drug regulation were prompted in part due to a growing prejudice against minority groups in America that were involved in drug abuse. The Harrison Act of 1914 can be traced back to an issue with the foreign trade. In addition, many Americans disliked the Chinese and their habit of smoking opium, simultaneously, the United States government wanted to open up trade with China.
Event: Tom accuses Matt of killing Furball, and Tam Lin is disappointed in Matt, but doesn’t see him as a beast, but as a human who made a mistake. “But Tam Lin had called Matt a human and expected much more from him. Humans, Matt realized, were a lot harder to forgive,” (138).
What we interpret from the text is that the law has little to do with the dangers associated with illicit (opium) drug usage? Additionally, people use other drugs, alcohol and tobacco (that are a hazard to health too), both privately and publicly are legal. In fact, creating 1908 anti-drug law is a fight between cultures- Chinese and white traders, it is all about economic crises, racism, resolving labor conflicts, satisfying federal government and, pleasing white traders. Most important of all, health issues does not play the significant role in the creation of the 1908 anti-drug law as it does in the present time. The nature of the statute law starts with the ferocity that took place on September 7, 1907.
The use of drugs has become a major problem in our society, leading to serious health and social issues. The Rockefeller Drug Act of 1914 was a landmark piece of legislation that sought to curb the sale and use of narcotics in the United States. It was proposed by John D. Rockefeller Jr., who had become increasingly concerned about the effects of drug addiction on society. The act made it illegal for anyone to possess, sell, or transport narcotics without a prescription from a licensed physician. It also imposed stiff penalties for violations of the law and allowed for federal prosecution of those found guilty.
Regan’s tactic for the War on Drugs was directed towards the two most popular drugs of the 1980s, cocaine and crack. Crack is cocaine combined with chemicals to create a smokable and more producible drug. Criminalizing crack and cocaine lead to the incarceration of one in every three Black men while imposing minimum sentences, creating longer sentences, and reclassifying various drugs from misdemeanor to felony crimes. Crack use become enough of a serious concern to the public that in 1986 one-third of calls to a drug hotline were about the drug.
Restrictions and the Prohibition became a thing and many people in the late 19th and early 20th century were questioning the objections to non-medical usage and it soon became a hot debate. Drugs were used for everyday use within industrial workers and laborers. Drugs today are either known as Licit or Illicit ones because we know which ones are actually okay to use in everyday life and then the ones that hurt people. Caffeine is used today worldwide, and it is legal, but only some of the drugs are this way. We still have the illicit drugs that will always be that way such as cocaine and meth.
The Victorians were discovering new lands inhabited by different people, which made the contact with a great variety of different cultures inevitable. Although they were invading larger part of the world and imposing their own culture on others, they were determined to keep their culture free of outside influences. By all manner of means, they were trying to preserve their societal stability, the normality within their own society from the invasion of the different and therefore abnormal. Based on an erroneous interpretation of Darwin’s Evolution Theory, white man felt racially superior and thus tried to impose its culture on others in order to help them become civilized.
Billy’s presentation on opium caught my attention tremendously. Not only did he do a good job, but the topic itself interested me. The strife and hassle that went into the legalization of opium importation truly baffled me. The way opium usage is described by users in the book and by people in history, to be honest, makes it sound enticing. The adverse effects are definitely not worth it though.
With the eradication of the British East India Company’s status as the prominent trader in China, opium, a highly addictive drug, soon found itself being shipped in massive quantities illegally to the city of Canton, China. Fearing an epidemic of rabid drug use in addition to losing control over their silver specie, Chinese officials soon found themselves taking extreme measures to curb the flow of opium into Canton as well as rein in the outflow of their foreign silver. Although several ideas were brought forth to the Imperial court, the two most important schools of thought were legalization and prohibition. A prominent proponent for legalization, Xu Naiji argued that though opium is indeed evil, legalizing is still the better choice. He
One of the most significant Chinese historical events, one that the people of China will not be able to forget, is the Opium Wars which happened in the mid-19th century. The first Opium War was fought between China and Britain from 1839 to 1842 while the second Opium War saw China fighting against Britain and France from 1856 to 1860. China lost both wars which led to the downfall of the Qing dynasty. The impact of the Opium Wars is not limited to just that time period, but its effects are still being seen in China today.
Marijuana, morphine, heroin, and cocaine continued to be used when the Prohibition was over in 1933. In 1937, 46 states decided to ban the use of marijuana for the reason that it was dangerous and a potential drug for addiction. Fast forward 60 years, states
The custom of drinking tea has inherently been identified as the representation of British culture in the modern-day. The popularity of this tradition among the British cannot be separated from the fact that tea had been commercialized by the East India Company in the 18th century. Tea had been transformed from its state of being a luxury good into a major commodity through the trade of the British Empire in Asia. Another significant commodity that had been exchanged along with tea in this trading system was opium. The strong interplay between tea and opium trade in Asia illustrated how the British built an empire in the region by asserting its influence gradually through trade.
Some may not be too familiar with the war on drugs and the effects it has had on the society we live in. The war on drugs was started by the Nixon administration in the early seventies. Nixon deemed drug abuse “public enemy number one”. This was the commencement of the war on drugs, this war has lasted to this day and has been a failure. On average 26 million people use opioids.
