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The Anti-Drug Abuse Acts of 1986 and 1988 increased penalties and established mandatory sentencing for drug violations. The Office of National Drug Control Policy was created in 1989. Although these additional laws increased drug-related arrest throughout the country, they also incarcerated more African Americans than whites.
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970; Long title: An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act and other laws to provide increased research, into, and prevention of, drug abuse and drug dependence; to provide for treatment and rehabilitation of drug abusers and drug dependent persons; and to strengthen existing law enforcement authority in the field of drug abuse.
Drug policies are usually aimed at combatting drug addiction or dependence addressing both demand and supply of drugs, as well as mitigating the harm of drug use, and providing medical assistance and treatment. Demand reduction measures include voluntary treatment, rehabilitation, substitution therapy, overdose management, alternatives to ...
Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act; Narcotic Farms Act of 1929; Narcotics Manufacturing Act of 1960; National Cannabis Policy Summit; National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign; The New Jim Crow; A Nightmare on Drug Street; Nothing Happens
The bill was introduced by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Jim Sensenbrenner as the first major federal addiction act in 40 years. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] CARA authorizes over $181 million to respond to the epidemic of opioid use disorder and is intended to greatly increase both prevention programs and the availability of treatment programs.
This is true for several reasons, including stigma, a lack of understanding that addiction is a treatable, chronic medical disease, and an array of restrictive policies and practices, including ...