Fifty failed years later — it's time to end and dismantle the war on drugs
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Fifty years ago — on June 17, 1971 — then-President Nixon declared the “War on Drugs,” stating that “drug abuse” was “public enemy number one.” Nixon’s declaration was a pretextual political strategy and it was racist.John Ehrlichman, President...