PSYC 2380 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Syringe, Patent Medicine, Harrison Narcotics Tax Act
15 Oct 2020
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Symbolic impact: results of the legislation and provide status benefits to the supporters of criminalization regardless of how effectively the laws are enforced. Instrumental impact: the consequences to those affected by the implementation of the laws: effects on local, state, and federal budgets, and effects on police agencies, prosecutors, prison guards, etc. Current federal approaches to drug regulation can be traced to: 1906 pure food and drugs act, 1914 harrison narcotics act, 1919 alcohol prohibition. Period between 1890-1920 called the nadir (lowest point) of race relations in us. Legacy of those beliefs and those laws remain with us today. Early 1900s, cocaine sniffing had supposedly become widespread among southern. Negroes and apparently caused an increased in violent crimes by lower class blacks int the south. Purity: fda adopted approach of encouraging voluntary cooperation, found many violations were unintentional and caused by mostly by poor manufacturing and an absence of quality control measures.
