The 'War on Drugs' 30 yrs. later...is it still going on & who won?

[Philosoraptor]

Which side were you on in the War on Drugs?

Where you a soldier/enforcer, or degenerate junkie loser?

Were you seriously, permanently injured, with a purple heart, or did you escape unharmed, with medals and honors?

How goes the battle in your sector? Are we winning or losing? Is there any end in sight or light at the end of the tunnel?

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1971
(June 17) Nixon declares war on drugs.
At a press conference Nixon names drug abuse as "public enemy number one in the United States." He announces the creation of the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention (SAODAP), to be headed by Dr. Jerome Jaffe, a leading methadone treatment specialist. During the Nixon era, for the only time in the history of the war on drugs, the majority of funding goes towards treatment, rather than law enforcement.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/cron/

[hobbit709]

1. The druggies are winning

[Philosoraptor]

2. Everybody is ON something, from the doctor or from the dealer.

[hobbit709]

3. Sometimes both.

[old mark]

4. politicians are still winning this one

lots of drug money coning in to pay them off. The pols at all levels got rich on many aspects of the "war".

I understand the same thing was tried with alcohol. I wonder how that worked out. (joke)

mark

[Swamp Rat]

5. Da winnahs get da bling.

Da losahs get da clap... not da two-handed kind. :D



:hi:

[shadowknows69]

6. Let me put my bong down for a second.

The war on drugs is and always has been a joke. It's not stopping any of the hard stuff. It makes my pot cost more than fuckin gold though.