Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Drug Czar, Recreational Drug Use, Hashish

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

75% of prisoners in jail for drug violations are black and hispanic: however, in terms of drug use, the rates are the same, but the enforcement of these laws are not quite equal. History of marijuana and hasish: the earliest records of marijuana come from chinese writings nearly 5 years ago, the use of hashish originated in north africa and persia in the 9th or 10th century. In the us, marijuana was available in patent medicines during the late 1800s but its popularity did not spike until the 1920s. It used to be enforced to grow hemp (farmers had to grow it: hemp was a super crop. Federal and state regulation of marijuana began in the 1930s: marijuana tax act 1937, additional penalties for possessing and selling marijuana escalated during the 1940s and 1950s. Failed approached: scare tactics, reefer madness, drug-specific approaches to curb interest, reverse effect, heightened curiosity.