War on Drugs
There are many persons concerned about the drug problem we are facing today in America. The drug war that is been fought appears to be a losing battle. The United States has spent billions of dollars in an effort to keep drugs off our street, out of businesses, and out of our schools, and communities.
The ‘just say no" movement led by the former first lady Nancy Reagan produced some results with high school students in that their marijuana use had declined. The overall drug use and abuse still exists even after ex- president Ronald Reagan pumped up the efforts in 1982 to fight the war on drugs which was followed and aggressively pursued by President Bush in 1989.
"In February 2001, D.A.R.E. announced it had received a $13.7 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to design and implement a new curriculum to increase education about drug abuse". There are many organizations and volunteer community groups as well as the law enforcement agencies......
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