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Mark Stepnoski, former All-Pro offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Oilers, served as president of the Texas chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (Texas NORML) during the early 2000s. [100] [101] Texas Cannabis Collective, a pro-legalization group, was founded in 2016. [102]
1979: Illegal drug use in the U.S. peaked when 25 million of Americans used an illegal drug within the 30 days prior to the annual survey. [27] 1986: The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 was enacted into law by Congress. It changed the system of federal supervised release from a rehabilitative system into a punitive system.
The act was updated in 1938 to the Federal Pure Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act of 1938 which remains in effect even today, creating a legal paradox for federal sentencing. Under this act, the framework for prescription and non-prescription drugs and foods are set, along with standards as well as the enforcing agency, by the Food and Drug ...
Neither the Vietnam War (nearly 60,000 killed) nor last year’s flu wave (about 21,000) were as deadly. What is it? Fentanyl is a highly addictive synthetic opioid, 50 times stronger than heroin ...
The Harrison Act was strengthened in 1922 to increase the maximum penalty from five years in prison to ten years. [1] In regard to consumer drugs, the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 required that drug products be accurately labeled with their active ingredients.
U.S.-purchased weapons are being sold to Latin American drug cartels, federal officials have said. A new U.S. House bill would ban private sales of .50-caliber rifles in an effort to halt their ...
Germany: Narcotic Drugs Act; India: Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (India) Netherlands: Opium Law; New Zealand: Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 [56] Pakistan: Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 [57] Philippines: Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002; Poland: Drug Abuse Prevention Act 2005; Portugal: Decree-Law 15/93
Mexico invited colonists 200 years ago. Mexico, which had won its independence from Spain in 1821, passed colonization laws in 1824 that vigorously encouraged foreign settlement of Texas.