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HISTORY OF DRUG TREATMENT
DRUGS THROUGHOUT HISTORY
FUN FACTS...Drug Edition
The War on Drugs
WHO'S USING??
100
This is what crack cocaine has in it that powdered cocaine does not?
What is water and baking soda
100
This U.S. president started the War on Drugs.
Who is Richard Nixon
100
This age group has the highest rate of illicit drug use in the U.S.?
What is young adults, age 18 to 25?
200
This is roughly how much of President Nixon’s drug war budget went toward treatment?
What is 0%
200
Recreational use of cocaine and heroin were legal in the United States until _____.
What is 1914?
200
________ was widely used in medicines -- including children's medicines -- until the beginning of the 20th century.
What is cocaine?
200
In 1980, the total U.S. prison and jail population was about 500,000. Today, it is
What is 5 million
300
From the 1800s to 1937, when it was made illegal by Congress, this very common “medicine” could be purchased at many grocery and general stores.
What is Marijuana?
300
This is how "Crack" cocaine got its name
What is the "crackling" sound produced when cocaine, water, and baking soda are heated past the vaporization point?
300
Ten years after the decriminalization of all drugs in Portugal, the number of drug abusers there has _______________.
What is decreased by 50%
400
Until 1903, Coca-Cola used this ingredient that made it a truly addictive drink.
What is cocaine?
400
“Brand names” for this recreational drug that’s still sold at some convenience stores and gas stations as “insect repellent” and “plant feeder” include Cloud Nine, Drone, Meow Meow, Ocean Burst, Snow Leopard, Stardust, Vanilla Sky, and White Dove.
What are Bath Salts?
400
Black Americans comprise only 13% of the U.S. population and about the same percentage of drug users, but they represent _____ of those incarcerated for drug crimes.
What is 44%
500
This drug has these street names, among others: smack, horse, brown sugar, junk, skag, skunk, and white horse?
What is Heroin?
500
Today, there are more people behind bars for nonviolent drug offenses than were incarcerated for all crimes, violent or otherwise, in 1970.
What is TRUE?