Opioid Epidemic
For-profit prisons
Effect of Drugs on People
N.J.C & Mass Incarceration
Black Lives Matter
100
Between 1999 and 2015, how many people have died to drug overdoses?
About 560,000 people have died to drug overdoses.
100
What was the overall rise in prisons since 2000?
10%
100
How much more likely is a child abused due to drug use?
Three times more likely
100
What year did Richard Nixon take office?
1969
100
Where did the shooting of Trayvon Martin take place?
Sanford, Florida. 
200
In 2016, out of 63,600 overdoses, how many were attributed to opioids?
About 42,200 were attributed to Opioids.
200

Since 2000, what was percentage of increase in the number of people housed in private prisons? 

It increased 45%
200
How much does it cost annually for state and federal prisons to arrest people for non-violent crimes?
$45 billion to state prisons and $144 million to federal prisons
200
What is the minimum sentencing for 5 grams of crack cocaine?
5 years
200
What happened after the shooting of Michael Brown?
Protests had broke out. Cars were vandalized, commercial properties were broken into and buildings were set on fire. 
300
How many deaths were opioid overdoses responsible for in 2008?

Prescription Opioids were responsible for 14,800 overdoses.

300
What is the census of the people in for-profit prisons?
The majority are minorities.
300
How much money does America spend yearly on drug crimes and drug related incidents with our tax dollars yearly?
$1 trillion
300
Name two states that take away your right to vote for life after acquiring a felony?
Alabama and Mississipi
300
Which one of the three women took action after hearing the verdict of Zimmerman?
Alicia Garza. 
400

What was the rate of drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids in 2015?

3.1 overdoses per 100,000 citizens in 2015.

400
What states eliminated the for-profit prison system?


Arkansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Utah and Wisconsin

400
What is the United States on a rating scale of drug related deaths? (#-what?)
#1 of drug related deaths
400
The U.S makes up for how much of the world's prison population?
25%
400
What phrase from Garner's arrest became a symbolic phrase for protestors?
"I can't breathe."
500

Describe 3 different types of semi-synthetic opioids.

Hydromorphone, Hydrocodone, OxyContin.

500
In 2015. how many people incarcerated in for-profit prisons? 

126,272

500
What are 3 of the four things mentioned that drugs can do to one's health?
overdose, shorten life span, spread HIV, spread STDs
500
How many Americans have been arrested on drug charges since 1980, and how many of them were black? 
25.4 million, 1/3
500
What were the names of the three women that founded the Black Lives Matter Movement?
Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi. 
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