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The War on Drugs has incarcerated high numbers of African-Americans. However, the damage has compounded beyond individuals to affect African-American communities as a whole, with some social scientists suggesting the War on Drugs could not be maintained without societal racism and the manipulation of racial stereotypes. [108]
War on drugs A U.S. government PSA from the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration with a photo image of two marijuana cigarettes and a "Just Say No" slogan Date June 17, 1971 – present (53 years, 6 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) Location Global Status Ongoing, widely viewed as a policy failure Belligerents United States US law enforcement US Armed Forces Allies of the United ...
The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 was a law pertaining to the War on Drugs passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Among other things, it changed the system of federal supervised release from a rehabilitative system into a punitive system. [citation needed] The 1986 Act also prohibited controlled substance ...
Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on November 18, 1988 The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 ( Pub. L. 100–690 , 102 Stat. 4181 , enacted November 18, 1988 , H.R. 5210 ) is a major law of the War on Drugs passed by the U.S. Congress which did several significant things:
The number of poor Americans increased by 2.2 million, and the percentage of Black Americans living in poverty rose to a staggering 34.2%. ... this was just the beginning of Reagan’s war on the ...
In 1982, President Ronald Reagan officially declared war on drugs. [202] The President increased federal spending on anti-drug related programs. He also greatly increased the number of United States federal drug task forces. [202] Ensuring a lasting impact, Reagan also launched a campaign marked by rhetoric that both demonized drugs and drug ...
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"Ronald Reagan's Use of Race in the 1976 and 1980 Presidential Elections." Georgia Historical Quarterly 100.1 (2016): 36-66. online; Rossinow, Douglas C. (2015). The Reagan Era: A History of the 1980s. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231538657. Rowland, Robert C., and John M. Jones. "Reagan’s farewell address: Redefining the American dream."