Transcript Texas DWI Education Program

1920s-1950s
Marijuana use increased, cocaine
decreased.
MJ and musicians and artists.
WW II amphetamines for soldiers and
pilots.
Amphetamine as treatment for
narcolepsy, weight, and hyperactivity.
1943 LSD – Dr. Albert Hoffman.
Darvon introduced in 1957.
1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Speed and motorcycle gangs
after amphetamine
rescheduled in 1970.
MJ and LSD use increase.
Vietnam War—soldiers learn
about SEAsian heroin.
Cocaine – “Miami Vice”.
Valium and tranquilizer use up.
Designer Drugs, Ecstasy.
Crack in late 1980s.
1990s
Powdered meth spreads eastward
from Pacific coast
Crack peaks in mid 1990s.
“Ice” comes in from Hawaii
In Texas, marijuana is most used
illicit drug.
Cocaine is #1 in drug treatment
admissions in Texas.
Alcohol is #1 over-all.
Vicodin frequently abused.
Rohypnol, GHB, club drugs.
Blunt cigars in Texas in 1993
increased use of marijuana.
Cocaine remains a problem but crack users now
more likely to be White and Hispanic.
OxyContin becomes problem nationwide but
Vicodin is bigger in Texas.
Codeine cough syrup and the link to rap music.
Pseudoephedrine precursor laws result in fewer
local labs, but meth, especially Ice, now
comes from Mexico.
Abuse of prescription drugs is on the rise—by
young and old.
Most marijuana treatment admissions are due to
criminal justice referrals, but non-cj referrals
can be very impaired. Effects of smoking
more potent marijuana in blunts and bongs?
Ecstasy use is increasing and it has moved from
Raves to the street.
Increasing problem with young heroin inhalers
(“Cheese” heroin in Dallas but increases in
inhaled heroin statewide).
2000s