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War on drugs. 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 ...
Operation Intercept was an anti-drug measure engaged by President Richard Nixon from 21 September to 11 October 1969 that resulted in a near shutdown of border crossings between Mexico and the United States. The initiative was intended to reduce the importation of Mexican marijuana to the United States during what was considered to be the prime ...
Running time. 108 minutes. Countries. United States. International [ 1] Language. English. The House I Live In, directed by Eugene Jarecki, is a 2012 documentary film about the War on Drugs in the United States .
John Daniel Ehrlichman ( / ˈɜːrlɪkmən /; [ 1] March 20, 1925 – February 14, 1999) was an American political aide who served as White House Counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon. Ehrlichman was an important influence on Nixon's domestic policy, coaching him on issues and enlisting his ...
Richard Nixon literally declared an official war on drugs. President Nixon speaks on June 17, 1971, calling drug abuse "a national emergency." At left is Egil Krogh, deputy director of the ...
The war on drugs did have a significant impact on the black community. According to Human Rights Watch, in the 1970s blacks were twice as likely as whites to be arrested for drug-related offenses.
Public Enemy Number One is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Robert Rippberger and produced by Rippberger, Chris Chiari, and Ice-T.It looks at the war on drugs from 1968 until today and looks at trigger points in history that took cannabis from being a somewhat benign criminal activity into a self-perpetuating constantly expanding policy disaster.
During the administration of American President Richard Nixon (1969–1974), the United States turned to increasingly harsh measures against cannabis use, and a step away from proposals to decriminalize or legalize the drug. The administration began the War on Drugs, with Nixon in 1971 naming drug abuse as "public enemy number one in the United ...