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WAR ON DRUGS
QUESTIONS
• What are some laws around drug
enforcement that you know of?
• What do you know about the War on Drugs?
• Why do governments police drug use?
DO YOU KNOW?
People Groups
Richard NixonPablo
EscobarMS 13 Sinaloa Cartel
Rodrigo
Duterte
Jesús
MalverdeFARC
Ronald
Reagan
Medellín
Cartel
El Chapo DEA
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
• https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/e9a17416-266b-
4be8-9c8b-00f785951ee0
TIMELINE: EARLY EVENTS
• 1908: 1st law against
drug use in Canada.
Law targeted opium
• 1911: Law against
cocaine
• 1923: Law against
cannabis
TIMELINE: WAR DECLARED
• 1971: American president Richard Nixon declares “a War on Drugs”
• 1973: DEA created (Drug Enforcement Administration)
• 1981: Medellin Cartel, headed by Pablo Escobar rises to power
THE REAGAN YEARS
• 1984: “Just Say No” campaign launched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FtNm9CgA6U
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIcnBccjgMw
• 1985: Main point of entry for drugs into the United States became the Mexican border
• 1986: Anti Drug Abuse Act introduced minimum sentences for drug use
THE CLINTON YEARS
• 1993: NAFTA made it
more difficult to monitor
the movement of drugs
• 1993: Pablo Escobar
killed
• 2000: 1.3 billion dollars
sent from the US to
Colombia to spray coca
plants with Roundup
MODERN
• 2001: ‘El Chapo’ escapes prison for the first time
• 2012: Colorado legalized recreational marijuana
• Oct. 17, 2018: cannabis legalized in Canada
• Feb. 12, 2019: ‘El Chapo’ convicted of 10 offences in a NY court. Faces life in prison.
Narcotics: a drug or other substance affecting
mood or behaviour and sold for non-medical
purposes, especially an illegal one
CHEMICAL
CLASSIFICATIONS
DEPRESSANTS
• Depressants: Suppress or slow brain
activities
• Ex. Alcohol
STIMULANTS
• Accelerate activity of
central nervous system
• Includes crack, cocaine
HALLUCINOGENS
• Alter perception of
reality, time, space
• Also called psychedelics
• LSD, Magic Mushrooms
OPIOIDS
• Drugs that act as pain
relievers
• Morphine, Fentanyl,
Heroin
INHALANTS
• Broad category of
inhaled drugs, many in
vapour form
• Paint thinners, gasoline,
glue
CANNABIS
• Plant derived drug that
acts through the brain
• Most common drug in
the world
• Marijuana
LATIN AMERICA
PABLO ESCOBAR
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAQJ9b
NENyA&t=247s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Drug_War#/media/File:Mexico_cartel_map_May_2010.svg
HEROIN IN THE USA
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgzVl0Ik
c70
AFGHANISTAN
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmidGu
RsQmY&t=316s
FAILURE OF THE WAR ON
DRUGS
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJUXLq
NHCaI
PORTUGAL DECRIMINALIZES
ALL DRUGS
https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=lba9nkK-DDY
PHILIPPINES WAR ON
DRUGS
https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=jGhyJeAOTNg
https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=il4a5NUXMqY
