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Bookmark or Share- Race, Mass Incarceration, and the Disastrous War on DrugsBefore the War on Drugs, explicit discrimination — and for decades, overtly racist lynching — were the primary weapons in the subjugation of Black people. Then mass incarceration, the gradual progeny of a number of congressional bills, made it so much easier.
- After 50 Years Of The War On Drugs, 'What Good Is It Doing ...The drug war failed to stop the opioid epidemic. Critics say the effectiveness of the drug war model has been called into question for another reason: the nation's prescription opioid epidemic.
- America’s War on Drugs Was Designed to Fail. So Why Is It ...President Nixon kickstarted America’s war on drugs in 1971 (he called it an “offensive”) and created the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) two years later. Ironically, or perhaps ...
- Biden should end America’s longest war: The War on DrugsThe War on Drugs has been a staggering policy failure that has institutionalized racism and requires broad-based policy change to disrupt the manner in which the United States deals with...
- From Punishment to Prevention: Revisiting the Failed War on ...This punitive approach toward drugs carries echoes of past efforts that have proved to be a monumental failure. Fifty years after the War on Drugs began, drug use in America has evolved but...
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