It is also a powerful vasoconstrictor and as such in some cases it can be used to reduce the amount of bleeding to areas. (Brian and Coward, 1989). Although it is known that coca leaves were used throughout the Incan empire, it was first popularized in the USA and Europe in the late 1800s (Brian and Coward, 1989). By 1912 the harmful effects of cocaine were realized and it was made illegal in the united states; many European countries followed. Cocaine again became popular in the 1970s however, due to its expense it was limited to only the wealthy in the population.
Amy Kim Mr. Unsinger/ Admin Justice January 5, 2012 The “Miracle Drug” Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from leaves of the coca plant. It is one of the most widely used illegal drug in the United States. This plant has been used for thousands of years in other parts of the world. The coca plant was first scientifically discovered by Albert Neiman in 1860 which received its name of cocaine. Cocaine was pioneered by Sigmun Freud, a neuropathologist, that used this as a treatment for postnatal depression.
The drug is almost always smoked, and comes in large quantities. When a person uses this drug, it can produce an immediate and intense euphonic effect. This is an illegal substance. This is schedule as a Schedule 2 Substance under the Controlled Substance Act. (NDICC) Powder Cocaine Power cocaine (cocaine hydrochloride) powder cocaine is call a stimulant, this drug is take from a leaves of the coca plant.
Prison Population and the War on Drugs 2 In 1971 President Richard M. Nixon declared a war on drugs. Since then drug abuse has risen. Each decade brings about new and more potent drugs. Recreational drugs have been around for centuries. Coca Cola had been manufactured with cocaine until the discovery that cocaine was addictive.
It can be either smoked or injected. Heroin is primarily produced in Colombia, Mexico, Southeast Asia, and Afghanistan. It comes in there forms: brown, china white and pharmaceutical heroin. It is most commonly injected, smoked, or snorted. It is a depressant drug – it makes the heart beat more slowly, breathing slows down and blood pressure falls.
The Prohibition of alcohol passed in to law in 1920 until 1933, which restricts or prohibits the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcohol and beverages, was a failure. The prohibition laws however, created the first generation of U.S. narcotics agents that worked for the federal alcohol prohibition agency. In 1930, Congress separated drug prohibition from the increasingly disreputable alcohol prohibition and created a new federal drug prohibition agency, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, headed by the committed alcohol prohibitionist Harry J. Anslinger (Epstein, 1977; Musto, 1987). History of The War on Drugs : In June of 1971, Nixon officially declares a "war on drugs," identifying drug abuse as "public enemy No. 1.” In 1973 Nixon created and funded the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to coordinate the efforts of all other agencies.
Methadone: The Cure to Opiate Addiction In 2006, there were approximately 600,000 opiate dependent people in the United States. Today, that number has doubled. There are clinics around the United States that can help opiate dependent addict’s reform their lives without being in pain. These clinics use a drug called Methadone to help this process. While the public has formed negative stereotypes due to misunderstanding methadone, methadone maintenance is the most effective form of substance abuse treatment for heroin and pain pill addiction.
Heroin Heroin is the common name for diacetylmorphine. Diacetylmorphine is a covalent bond between 21 Carbon atoms, 23 Hydrogen atoms,1 Nitrogen atom, and 5 Oxygen atoms which make up C21H23NO5, the chemical formula of heroin. There are several ames for heroin including, smack, horse, actemorphine, prezza and morphinediactetate. Heroin was invented in 1803 by Frederick Sertuner and confirmed by Marshall Gates at the University of Rochester in 1952. Diacetylmorphine is produced my drying opium poppy seeds and treating it with acetic anhydride and then adding 2 acetyl groups to a molecule of morphine.
The Chinese used it for medication for gout, malaria. In India it was only used for recreation. But after over decades of marijuana use U.S. Federal Bureau of Narcotics portray the drug as addicting substance
Drug Trafficking From Colombian and Mexican Organizations Drug trafficking in the United States has become a growing problem within the last ten years. Mexican and Columbian Cartel’s traffic many different types of drugs across the United States border creating many problems in the war on drugs. “According to El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) drug seizure data, most of the cocaine, foreign-source marijuana and methamphetamine, and Mexican-source heroin available in the United States is smuggled into the country across the [southwest border].” (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2012). This research paper will show the different types of drugs illegally transported across the border by the Mexican and Columbian organizations. This is