Drug history

Question 1

drugs

Answer 1

• chem substance that affects physiology
• not foods

Question 2

drug use (3)

Answer 2

1. medicinal
2. spiritual/ritual
3. recreational

Question 3

psycho active drugs

Answer 3

• change perception
• affect mood/behaviour/function

Question 4

6400 BC

Answer 4

• finds evidence of fermented alc
• like beer and huckleberry wine

Question 5

5000 BC

Answer 5

• written accounts of prep of a ‘joy plant’

Question 6

3800 BC

Answer 6

• texas
• dried peytoe cactus
• used for ritual purposes

Question 7

2700 BC

Answer 7

• china
• brew tea from cannabis sativa
• treatment of gout and absentmindedness

Question 8

1000 BC

Answer 8

• central and south america
• erythroxylum coca
• ritual, social, and psyo purposes

Question 9

700 BC

Answer 9

• homer’s odyssey
• tea to treat PTSD in soldiers
• comsumption of wine and drugs are documented in ancient greece

Question 10

50 AD

Answer 10

• early docs write “de materia medica” (on medical materials)

Question 11

77 AD

Answer 11

• pliny the elder describes acute and chronic effects of alc

Question 12

199 AD

Answer 12

• galen describes psychoactive effects of cannabis

Question 13

1000 AD

Answer 13

• pharma and medical descriptions of khat chewing

Question 14

the gin craze

Answer 14

• advances in chem enable drug isolation, purification, and discovery

Question 15

the opium wars

1800s

Answer 15

• britian brings opium from india to china and creates a opioid use disorder
• chinese try to limit it with laws
• britian kept bringing it in
• 1st england wins until 1997 and brings it in
• 2nd china wins and taxes opium
• opium imports slow and mostly ends by 1900

Question 16

north america

1800s

Answer 16

• whisky and gin
• lots of alc use disorder
• docs use cannabis, opiates, and cocaine for treatments
• little restrictions on drugs (could get it without perscription or ID or it would be mixed)

Question 17

america

1900-1920

Answer 17

• pure food and drug act created (drugs need to be clearly labelled)
• heroin used rec
• cocaine brought under stricter control

Question 18

america

1920s

Answer 18

• prohibition
• 18th amendment to stop the sale, consumption, transport, and import of alc
• got rum-runners and speakeasy
• prohibition was repealed by the 21st amendment in 1933

Question 19

america

1930s

Answer 19

• 1st cannabis boom and jazz club
• us federal bureau of narcotics
• try and stop drug use

Question 20

america

1940-1960

Answer 20

• amphetamines used for depression/weight loss and alterness
• minor tranquilizers for anxiety and insomnia
• sp;vent inhalation becomes increasingly prevalent
• pharmaceuticals industry grows with development in chem

Question 21

america

1960-1980

Answer 21

• LSD becomes popular
• 2nd cannabis boom
• heroin use very high among us soldiers during the vietnam war
• the controlled substance act (1970)

Question 22

america

1980-2000

Answer 22

• widespread cocaine use
• iv drug use and the emergence of hiv - drugs as a public health emergency
• nancy reagan and the “just say no to drugs”
• stiff penalties for buying/selling scheduled drugs (war on drugs ramp up)

Question 23

america

2000-now

Answer 23

• pharma industry grows massive
• overprescription of opiof meds
• ‘club’ drugs
• synthetic amphetamines
• synthetic cannabiniods
• synthetic opioids

Question 24

usa drug chart

1960-1980

Answer 24

• 6 diff classes, description, examples
• class 1 = high risk
• categories: use it for medical use, pattern of abuse, scope of duration, public health rish, ability of drug to be a precursor
• drugs have been let off (like alc) and some have a racist view and put higher