Heroin -- Schedule 1 Drug Schedule 1: No medical uses Other countries handle Heroin Medical Utility How drugs are written into law Socially constructed definitions: based on how society views the drug People who decide on law Strange reality Legalize: change he laws but a framework of regulation is put into place Marijuana is considered in all uses to be illegal Human behavior has many causes Internet sales of drugs Dark Web, Silk Road -- drug retail site People are starting to sell drugs online Uber for drugs Not safe May be safer than what is already happening Using the postal system to sell drugs Custom made drugs On an app Analyzing conditions and blood 3D print medicine especially for you Pill Pirate: Racial injustice: African American people have been targeted Class issue: the poor are also targeted Safer and be able to personalize 10x more expensive A big cost Certified and legal Wealthy white women Compact is easier If they can make it more compact, they will Different scenarios go down with drugs Lower class communities are targeted Cocaine can get cooked up It is faster than another smokable drug Crack trade Chemicals and Drugs can react with the human body a certain way Doctors have to agree with something for it to have medical utility They can do it without doing any research Holds true for other substances as well Ecstasy was used in marriage counseling Lethal dose Tolerance
Routes of Administration Issues of Potency Drug Mixing Dr, Hart: overdose crisis Lack of education on drug mixing The Pharmacist: cocktail being prescribed Quite dangerous mixing Something the public is not well educated on MDMA See a drug as a problem It becomes illegal Cheaper to grow a plant Opioid Crisis The Shacklers Marketed a drug as a safe alternative Said it was not addictive A drug that would actually get them through the night 3The ratio is too slow Some people may actually need these medical drugs Common sense regulatio