1970 Drug Culture

During the 1970s, there was a huge surge in the abuses of different drugs such as Heroin and Morphine. In fact, it became the leading cause of death in teens between the ages of (15-35). Just in New York City alone, there are more than 100,000 Heroin addicts, with more unrecorded. This can be viewed as a side effect of the counterculture in the 60s and early 70s. As more and more people started to turn away from the mainstream values, they begin to try new things such as drugs. To cope with this growing trend, the cities started to look for ways to try to stop further growth of drug addiction. Although experimental facilities were set up for rehab purposes, most were residential facilities where an addict would voluntarily check themselves in. Most addicts who got off drugs required large amounts of supervision and control from loved ones or family members. Programs were later set up so that the ex- addicts could be monitored and tested in order to gain more knowledge of the addiction. This eventually gave science the knowledge about addiction and implement it into programs in schools and other educational facilities to teach about how to prevent oneself from becoming an addict. Although drug addiction is something that will never go away, programs are being implemented in schools to try to educate students about the negative health effects of drugs.
Bibliography:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1529877/pdf/amjph00741-0157.pdf