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  2. War on drugs - Wikipedia

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    In 2021, Gustavo Gorriti, journalist and founder of corruption-focused IDL-Reporteros news media, wrote a sharply critical editorial in the Washington Post on the impact of 50 years of the war on drugs on Latin America. He described the flow of drugs to the US as an "unstoppable industry" that triggered an economic revolution throughout the ...

  3. Race and the war on drugs - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. 50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans - AOL

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    Addicted to crack cocaine and involved in trafficking the drug, he faced decades-long imprisonment at a time when the drug abuse and violence plaguing major cities and working class Black ...

  5. Illegal drug trade in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The "war on drugs" is a term commonly applied to a campaign of prohibition and foreign military aid and military intervention undertaken by the US government, with the assistance of participating countries, and the stated aim to define and reduce the illegal drug trade.

  6. Politicians in both parties keep doubling down on trying to cut off supply and punish "pushers," while forcing drug users into treatment. But it's not a winnable war. America's War on Drugs Has ...

  7. Recent Overdose Trends Underline the Folly of the War on Drugs

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    "We took the drug and fentanyl crisis head on, and we achieved the first reduction in overdose deaths in more than 30 years," Trump brags, referring to the 4 percent drop between 2017 and 2018 ...

  8. History of United States drug prohibition - Wikipedia

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    Statutes regulating the sale of narcotics had been passed by several state governments, and opium smoking was outlawed in numerous American municipalities, though these legislation were "only sporadically enforced". Such loose restrictions led to roughly 300,000 drug addicts in the U.S. by the turn of the century. [1]

  9. Nixon's war on drugs has failed for half a century. It ... - AOL

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    Harsh policies have disproportionately hurt minorities for 50 years. Drug use and addiction are public health issues and should be treated that way.