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In 2016, an alleged quote [18] from Ehrlichman was the lede for an anti-drug war article in Harper's Magazine by journalist Dan Baum. “You want to know what this was really all about?” he asked with the bluntness of a man who, after public disgrace and a stretch in federal prison, had little left to protect.
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.
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, 7 months, 2 weeks and 5 days) Location Global Status Ongoing, widely viewed as a policy failure Belligerents United States US law enforcement Drug Enforcement Administration US Armed ...
In 2017, Rachael Leigh Cook used imagery from the This is Your Brain on Drugs commercials in a PSA by the Drug Policy Alliance. The PSA critiqued the war on drugs and its contribution to mass incarceration, structural racism and poverty. The ad was posted to YouTube on April 20, 2017 in recognition of 4/20. [7]
Our Nixon is an all-archival documentary providing a view of the Nixon presidency through the use of Super-8 format home movies filmed by top Nixon aides H.R. Haldeman, Dwight Chapin and John Ehrlichman, combined with other historical material such as interviews, oral histories and news clips.
Following the war, fear over soldiers returning home still harboring addiction permeated the United States. However, this anxiety proved to be misplaced, as the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention (SAODAP) found that addiction and usage rates “essentially decreased to pre-war levels” after the soldiers’ return.” [10] Studies done during operation golden flow suggested that ...
The book chronicles the investigative reporting of Woodward and Bernstein from Woodward's initial report on the Watergate break-in through the resignations of Nixon Administration officials H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman in April 1973, and the revelation of the Oval Office Watergate tapes by Alexander Butterfield three months later.
The War on Drugs remotely joined The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Friday night in honor of their recently-released live album, LIVE DRUGS. The band made an interesting song selection, going with ...