Opioid Epidemic (Joseph Nguyen)
What is an Opioid?
A pain relieving drug.
What is ban the box?
A campaign to remove check box asking about convicted crimes in the past.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
The former practice of segregating black people in the US.
What is the name of the 5 year old girl?
Charlotte Figi
When did Black Lives Matter begin
July 13, 2013
How many Americans died from opioids from 1999 to 2018
450,000
What is the issue with profit prisons?
What was the Separate but Equal Doctrine?
The Separate but Equal Doctrine stated that segregation was legal if the facilities were equal
What is the total number of states completely legal usage for marijuana?
10 states
Name the trail where George Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges.
Flordia V. Zimmerman
How many people get sent to emergency departments everyday due to opioid overdose?
More than 1,000
How many Black and Latino men stays behind bars longer compared to white men?
1 in 3 black men. 1 in 6 Latino men. 1 in 17 white men.
What started Plessy v. Ferguson?
Homer Plessy, a black man boarded a "whites only" train car and his lawyers had claimed the separate car act was unconstitutional
What does CBD stand for?
Cannabidiol
At what rate is blacks getting killed?(2017-2020)
32 per million
In 2013, how long did it take for an opioid overdose to occur in Sacramento
Every 45 minutes
By how many times did new hires increase in 2014?
7 times as much to 15.53%
What amendment states that all people born in America are equal?
The fourteenth Amendment
which 2 states were the first to legalize all purpose use of marijuana?
Washington and Colorado
What became the symbol of police brutality and George Floyd's death
8 minutes 46 seconds
About how many Americans used heroin for the first time in 2018?
About 81,000
What is the problem with bail?
Bail is set too high that many people can't pay. It made mass incarceration worse. It leaves people waiting for trial in jail.
What is Segregation?
the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.
Which state in 2018 had the highest total amount of tax money for weed and how much was it?
Washington and $319.0m
What is Breonna's Law
A law that bans no knock search warrants