Addiction

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  • Prohibition era

    The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, consumption and sale of alcohol

  • FBN creation

    the newly formed Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) took responsibility for drug policy enforcement. The FBN spearheaded anti-drug crusades to criminalize narcotics possession.

  • Narcotics farms open

    Foundation of Anonymous Alcoholics

  • Minnesota Model created

  • AA membership surpasses 90,000

  • Narcotic Control Act

    raised the minimum sentence for a third offense to 10 to 40 years and permitted death sentences for drug sellers who dealt to minors

  • Veterans Administration establishes alcoholism treatment units

  • Halfway House Association founded

  • The Controlled Substances Act passes

  • Cocaine Anonymous founded

  • American Medical Association calls all drug addictions diseases

  • Naltrexone approved for alcoholism

  • FDA approves buprenorphine for clinical use

  • Drug Addiction Treatment Act passed

  • The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

  • The Affordable Care Act

  • American Medical Association petitions to drop pain as a vital sign