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The war on drugs is the policy of a global campaign, 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.
May 31, 2017 · Learn about the origins, evolution and controversies of the War on Drugs, a government-led initiative to stop illegal drug use, distribution and trade in the United States. Explore the timeline, the laws, the agencies and the impacts of the campaign since the 1970s.
May 27, 2024 · Learn about the U.S. effort since the 1970s to combat illegal drug use by increasing penalties, enforcement, and incarceration. Explore the origins, impacts, controversies, and reforms of the War on Drugs, as well as the crack epidemic and its effects on African American communities.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 24, 2021 · When President Nixon launched the war on drugs in 1971, it set off a bloody chain reaction in Mexico as new documents reveal.
- Benjamin T. Smith
Dec 7, 2023 · The modern drug war began in the 1950s, with liberals—not conservatives—leading the charge. In California, the epicenter of the early war on narcotics, white suburban grassroots movements...
Jun 4, 2020 · Thousands of people have been killed amid "near impunity" for offenders in the war the Philippines has waged on illegal drugs since 2016, the UN says. Its report levelled heavy criticism at ...
Jun 17, 2021 · From a bipartisan War on Drugs to Black Lives Matter. Wounds left by the drug war go far beyond the roughly 20.3 million people who have a substance use disorder.
