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May 31, 2017 · The War on Drugs is a phrase used to refer to a government-led initiative in America that aims to stop illegal drug use, distribution and trade by increasing and enforcing penalties for offenders ...
The war on drugs is the policy of a global campaign, [6] led by the United States federal government, of drug prohibition, military aid, and military intervention, with the aim of reducing the illegal drug trade in the United States. [7][8][9] The initiative includes a set of drug policies that are intended to discourage the production ...
6 days ago · War on Drugs, the effort in the United States since the 1970s to combat illegal drug use by greatly increasing penalties, enforcement, and incarceration for drug offenders. The War on Drugs began in June 1971 when U.S. Pres. Richard Nixon declared drug abuse to be “public enemy number one” and increased federal funding for drug-control ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 10, 2021 · Before the War on Drugs, explicit discrimination — and for decades, overtly racist lynching — were the primary weapons in the subjugation of Black people. Then mass incarceration, the gradual progeny of a number of congressional bills, made it so much easier. Most notably, the 1984 Comprehensive Crime Control and Safe Streets Act eliminated ...
Aug 24, 2021 · The U.S. was now engaged in a “war on drugs.” Nixon’s speech marked the beginning of a new era of American drug policy. His announcement would lead to the mass imprisonment of domestic drug ...
- Benjamin T. Smith
May 8, 2016 · In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon formally launched the war on drugs to eradicate illicit drug use in the US. “If we cannot destroy the drug menace in America, then it will surely in time ...
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Sep 1, 2023 · The War on Drugs: A History. Ed. by. pp. Cloth, $89.00. Paper, $30.00.) David R. Farber is an expert analyst of historical ventures into controlling illicit narcotics. His writings are many and richly documented. In this book Farber focuses on federal drug control policies initiated by President Richard M. Nixon and his successors.
