History of US Drug Epidemics From Opium to Vicodin
Over two centuries, epidemics rose as pharmaceutical firms and doctors marketed addictive drugs. Opium in the 1800s fed patients and dens in cities like San Francisco. Morphine fueled Civil War injuries and later sparked widespread addiction. Cocaine and heroin emerged to treat morphine addiction, with Merck and Bayer marketing products widely. By 2015 opioid pills like Vicodin appeared as high misuse risks persisted.
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E. Merck & Co
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Bayer
From Cure to Curse Cocaine Epidemic in Early 1900s
Historian accounts describe cocaine shifting from a fad to an epidemic as physicians documented addiction and police tied use to crime. The Harrison Act of 1914 restricted sale to prescriptions, boosting prices and driving activity underground.
The First War on Drugs Through the Decades
The piece traces mid-20th century drug crises from amphetamines and speed freaks to heroin and crack epidemics, noting Nixon's 1971 war on drugs, later cocaine and crack responses, and the rise of OxyContin in the 1990s as a modern opioid threat with rising overdose deaths. It cites experts like Dr. Roger Smith and Joan Hartman and historic death tolls.
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South End
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Nixon
Chronicle Gopyngat 201¢ Processing Notice
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Mass killings probe reveals suspect details and aftermath
Police tie Orion Krause to the grisly Groton quadruple murder at his grandparents home. The 22 year old, a former Oberlin Conservatory student and jazz drummer, was found competent for trial after being held at Bridgewater State Hospital.
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Gordon Candon
Alcocer
Candon
Monhegan Island
Rockport
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Alexander
Lexi” Krause
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