An Environmental History of the War on Drugs***doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3114205Merleaux, AprilCambridge University PressBusiness History Review
Watch: Jay Z & dream hampton Present ‘A History of the War on Drugs’ in New Short Work Made for the New York Times, and published today, the below short film, titled “A History of the War on Drugs – From Prohibition to Gold Rush,” is the end product of a collaboration between...
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Colombia has had a long history of drug trafficking, organized crime, and violence and has been at the epicenter of the US-led war on drugs for decades. Unlike some of the other case studies in this book, Colombia has been— and continues to be—a major producer of drugs. This chapter...
Netflix's 'Narcos' Is a Flawed, Epic History of the 'War on Drugs' ByMatt Brennan August 25, 2015 2:04 pm Share As “King of Cocaine” Pablo Escobar (Wagner Moura) prepares to assume his seat in Colombia’s House of Representatives, in the third episode of Netflix’s new drama, ...
In June 1971, Nixon officially declared a “War on Drugs,” stating that drug abuse was “public enemy number one.” A rise in recreational drug use in the 1960s likely led to President Nixon’s focus on targeting some types of substance abuse. As part of the War on Drugs initiative, ...
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 targeted toxic drugs and was expanded to address misleading drug labels in 1912. But the piece of legislation most relevant to the War on Drugs was theHarrison Tax Act of 1914, which restricted the sale of heroin and was quickly used to restrict the sal...
This led to increasing sexual experimentation with multiple partners outside of marriage, the wide use of illicit drugs, cigarettes and alcohol, and secondary as well as postsecondary school failure. Second, the women's rights movement had an indirect, yet profound influence on the health of ...
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The advent of modern antibiotics contributed enormously to the dramatic extension of human lifespan since their discovery by virtue of their lethal and selective action against pathogenic microbes. And yet despite our powerful arsenal of weapons against these pathogens, the war against them has not be...