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“America’s public enemy number one,” Nixon claimed, “is drug abuse.” Within days, U.S. newspapers took up the metaphor. New Documents Reveal the Bloody Origins of America's Long War on Drugs
English: Full Title: President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan's Address to the Nation on the Campaign Against Drug Abuse from the White House. September 14, 1986 September 14, 1986 Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan).
The first Drug court in the United States took shape in Miami-Dade County, Florida in 1989 as a response to the growing crack-cocaine usage in the city. Chief Judge Gerald Wetherington, Judge Herbert Klein, then State Attorney Janet Reno and Public Defender Bennett Brummer designed the court for nonviolent offenders to receive treatment.
A U.S. government PSA from the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration for the War on drugs Nancy Reagan hosts the First Ladies Conference on Drug Abuse at the White House in March 1982. Nancy Reagan at a "Just Say No" rally at the White House in May 1986 Address to the Nation on Drug Abuse Campaign on September 14, 1986
President Donald Trump gave a raucous, freewheeling speech in Pennsylvania on Saturday, in which he lashed out at some of his favorite targets, one by one.
The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence reports that one in every 12 adults suffer from alcohol abuse or dependence. Alcohol abuse is the third highest cause of death in the U.S ...
The third edition, published in 1980, was the first to recognize substance abuse (including drug abuse) and substance dependence as conditions separate from substance abuse alone, bringing in social and cultural factors. The definition of dependence emphasised tolerance to drugs, and withdrawal from them as key components to diagnosis, whereas ...
Former President Trump on Tuesday voiced support for imposing the death penalty as punishment for convicted drug dealers as part of a speech in which he laid out a series of drastic measures to ...