PSY 215 Lecture Notes - Analgesic, Volstead Act

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 215
• Professor: Amelia Usher

Document Summary

Native americans used tobacco for medicinal and ceremonial purposes and columbus brought it back to europe and they started growing it there (before usa became its own country) Morphine was used as a painkiller in the civil war and lead to addiction in soldiers and those who came back from the war were known as addicts. Volstead act: prohibition was introduced and this meant alcohol was illegal to distribute, sell and manufacture but you could have a licence or use it for medicinal purposes, which were loopholes, and was repealed in 1933. Decriminalization: criminal sanctions removed from using drugs; there are fines associated with substance abuse. Legalization: legal to use, possess substance and there are still restrictions in place (i. e. ) needing to be a certain age to buy substances. Criminalization: cannot possess, distribute, use and are strict laws against it. Prohibition: enforce promote by government that the substance is bad.