Drug Policies - 1900s
This 1980s slogan promoted by Nancy Reagan to discourage youth drug use.
What is "just say no."
This synthetic opioid is responsible for the most overdose deaths today.
What is fentanyl?
This group was blamed during the opium era, leading to federal criminalization.
What is Chinese immigrants?
In the Netherlands, cannabis is sold in regulated settings known by this name.
What are coffee shops?
Prohibited in 1914, this drug surged in U.S. popularity during the 1970s and is now almost entirely produced in South America.
What is cocaine?
This term describes when a person has both a substance use disorder and another mental health condition, often called a dual diagnosis.
What is comorbidity?
This level of prevention aims to stop drug use before it starts, often through education and community programs.
What is primary?
This 1990s policy used a baseball phrase to mean a life sentence after repeated felonies.
What is "3 strikes and you're out."
Approved in 2010, this medication reverses opioid overdoses and is now found on many college campuses.
What is naloxone (Narcan)?
During the 1960s, LSD and marijuana panics were frequently linked to this counterculture group.
Who are hippies?
Oregon’s Measure 110 redirected tax revenue from this legal industry to fund treatment and recovery services.
What is cannabis?
Before the Taliban’s ban, most of the world’s heroin came from this major poppy-producing country.
What is Afghanistan?
This type of negative labeling and judgment makes people feel ashamed about addiction and less likely to seek help.
What is stigma?
This type of prevention focuses on early detection and quick intervention for people who are beginning to show signs of risky use
What is secondary?
This was the crack-to-powder cocaine sentencing ratio under Reagan
What is 100 to 1?
Obama’s 2010 Fair Sentencing Act reduced the crack-to-powder ratio to this.
What is 18:1?
During the crack era, mandatory minimums fell heavily on this population.
Who are African Americans?
Portugal replaced criminal charges for drug possession with short meetings before these three-person panels
What are dissuasion commissions?
Because this drug is so difficult to manufacture, only a small number of U.S. labs produce most of the nation’s supply
What is LSD?
According to your assigned reading, this minimum length of time is needed in residential or outpatient treatment for it to be effective
What is 90 days?
This level of prevention works to reduce harm and prevent worsening problems among people who already have a substance use disorder.
What is tertiary?
This federal policy required fixed prison terms based on drug type and weight.
What is mandatory minimum?
This is the percentage drug convictions handled at the state level
What is 90%
Marijuana prohibition campaigns in the early 1900s targeted this immigrant group.
Who are Mexicans?
Oregon’s Measure 110 replaced criminal penalties for possession with this type of civil sanction.
What is a $100 fine (waived by calling a hotline)?
his country has long been the primary global source of ecstasy, with much of the world’s MDMA labs concentrated within its borders
What is the Netherlands?
Our guest speaker from UT Health Houston discussed this treatment approach, which some 12-Step groups discourage.
What is MAT (medication-assisted treatment)?
This acronym describes a clinical approach that uses screening, a brief conversation, and a referral if needed to reduce risky substance use
What is SBIRT?
This approach dominated U.S. drug policy in the late 1900s even though it did not lower drug use or overdose rates
What is punishment?
Since simple drug possession is usually handled by the states, this type of drug activity is more likely to be handled in federal court.
What is trafficking?
In the fentanyl era, political messaging often blames this group for trafficking the drug despite data showing otherwise.
Who are illigal immigrants at the border?
Switzerland’s Four Pillars include Prevention, Treatment, Law Enforcement, and this fourth element.
What is harm reduction?
The move from small U.S. meth labs to large-scale production in Mexico happened after sales of this over-the-counter drug was restricted.
What is pseudoephedrine?
These are the 3 foundational beginning steps in the 12-Step recovery model, completed before any later actions like inventories or making amends.
What is....
1.We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Distribution of naloxone, fentanyl test strips and syringes falls under this public-health prevention approach aimed at reducing the worst outcomes of substance use.
What is harm reduction?