Chapter 2 Assignment
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Updated: 23 Sep 2018
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Created byFaith Whooley
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Tobacco reaches EuropeComing of IslamRatification of the Eighteenth Amendment/Volstead ActBeginnings of Drug ControlDrug Attitudes StiffenOpium's painkilling property is discovered by ancient SumeriansOpium Usage"Vin Mariani"Spread of Coca-ColaInnovations to make Drugs more Potent are CompleteMorphine is extracted from opiumCodeine (derivative of opium) is synthesizedHypodermic syringe (used for injecting morphine) arrives in U.S. from EuropeCocaine is isolated from coca leavesDiacetylmorphine (heroin) is synthesized from morphineBayer Laboratories markets heroin commerciallyAmerican Consumption of Alcohol RisesDr. Benjamin Rush publishes "An Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits on the Human Mind and Body"Lyman Beecher publishes "Six Sermons on Intemperance"Anti-Saloon League is organizedWomen's Christian Temperance Union is founded"Safety through Sobriety"First Anti-Opium LegislationCalifornia enacts a statute to penalize anyone who operates an opium denChinese Exclusion ActUpton Sinclair publishes "The Jungle" - Pure Food and Drug ActChinese government bans opiumHague ConferenceThe Harrison Act of 1914Marihuana Tax Act of 1937Controlled Substances ActPeriods
1600's-1700's1800'sAttitude Towards Drug Users ChangesClergymen Debate about Alcohol
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