Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986

caused by

increased funds for drug war

Effectiveness

led to

Misinformation

Realism

led to failure

how to fix?

also attack supply size of drug trade

better information and lawmaking process

fix issues that lead to rampant drug use in the first place

no instant fix

Just Say No campaign

big failure

drug use and crime increased (especially among public housing developments)

incorrect thoughts about crack cocaine

affects how the US interacts w/ other countries

political stability of Latin American governments threatened

leads to supply side strategy

has incorrect assumptions

ppl thought Reagan wasn't tough enough

better ideas and the truth

balloon effect

bc

there are things outside of the control of the gov't

Cartels led to cartelitos

US also had other motives for messing w/ Latin America

Neorealism

Solutions (better techniques)

fix the underlying causes

supply and demand

problem is v complicated (no ez fix)

Scientific War on Drugs

Legalization and decriminization

cons

morals

public health

pros

decrease high profit margins from selling drugs

basically infeasible

increased criminalization

Problems in other countries

Colombia, Peru, Mexico

Drug related violence

Balloon and cockroach effects

Bad policy

US prohibitionist policy

Harm reduction

Implementing such laws will be v delayrd

Doesn't address other problems

Bad policy and negligence in Latin American countries

Unequal incarceration along racial lines

Have been proven to not be due to higher rates of drug use

Crime has not reduced

Higher rates of incarceration

Crack got wayyyyyyy higher sentences (100 to 1)

Crack and powder cocaine

Many different strategies (no instant fix)

Fair sentencing

Alternatives to prison

No mandatory minimum sentence

Prevention programs

Opioid Crisis

complications

Causes

NOT causes

Big pharma

Overprescription

Relevant problem to the whole world (especially lawmakers)

made worse by incarceration

Fueled by economical and social instability (poverty and disadvantage)

How to alleviate

focus on the patient; don't make things overarching (bring back around)

Naloxone programs (the point is to decrease number of deaths and number of those addicted)

effects

overdose is greatest cause of death among injecting drug users

pros

cheap

only available through professionals

has actually worked p well

counterclaims

non-professionals may use incorrectly

training may not prepare ppl for irl

rebuttal: trained individuals are far more likely to be able to tell in an irl situation

training doesn't take too long

trained and professionals chose the same percentage correctly

opioid agonists

buprenorphine

better than methadone for clinic (more flexible)

withdrawal symptoms aren't as bad as methadone

partial instead of full agonist

methadone

1st widely used opioid replacement therapy

retains patients

type of analgesic medication

single day doses

ODing can lead to death oof

helps decrease indicence of HIV (needle sharing)

these things can have other beneficial side effects

teaches ppl how to respond to OD

ex. Toronto POINT program

p cost effective (better than incarceration)

crappy public housing

not doing enough research, just pandering to a base

incorrect assumptions about public housing

PHAs w/ too much power

social and economic instability