Carceral State 81

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"When Ghetto and Prison Meet and Mesh"

Carceral State

This speech is a passage from a hearing to the Select Committee on Narcotics and Control in the House of Representatives in 1981.

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60s-80s

LSD

1971

Heroin in Vitenam?

1970

Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act

Timeline

1930s-70s

Mafias

80s

Drug consumtpion

70s

Cocaine

How did George Deukmejian argue that addressing the escalating narcotics problem in California required not only stronger legal enforcement and reforms with the judicial system but also greater federal government and international cooperation to fight both domestic production and the flow and trade of illicit drugs in the US?

Key QUestion:

The Escalation in Narcotic Usage and its Societal Impact

How the Legal and Judicial System is Hindering Effective Enforcement Against Narcotics

The Importance of Federal Support and International Cooperation in Combating Narcotics

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President Carter's administration

Dr. Peter Bourne and President Carter

The National Household Survey in Drug Abuse reveals a never before seen number in casual drug users across the country

Dragna Crime Family and the "French Connection"

De gauche à droite, Simon Sabiani, Paul Carbone et François Spirito.

Heroin's consumption in the US army during the Vietnam War

The comeback of Cocaine in Hollywood

Grunsky Bill of 1966

Legislation that made LSD illegal, banning it from the state.