HST 386 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Vin Mariani, Social Safety Net, Clampdown
6 Aug 2017
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Drug wars: drugs in 19th c. america, prior law, the pharmaceutical revolution, clampdown. Family: sexual knowledge, cultural revolution, repression, censorship, changing law. Anxiety: economy, fear of economy stalling about entering another war, no con dence, war, fear of nuclear war, that the u. s. and the soviet union could create mass death, began building bomb shelters in their backyards. Early drugs: opium is widely available, few effective medicines (even aspirin didn"t exist yet, not illegal. Laudanum used at high addiction rates by women: cocaine isolated in 1855, viewed as miracle drug, vin mariani (wine); viewed as a tonic, coca cola. Linkage between doctors and drugs: began making it legal if a doctor gives an okay (refer to medical expertise) Laws: tax on imports, smuggling, racial anxiety, searching chinese immigrants for opium in san francisco (1882, types, local laws, harrison act (1914, raises taxes, narcotic act (1922, medical uses.
