The War on Drugs
Probably one of the most important issues that exists today is the current war on drugs. Beginning with the discovery of marijuana, the war on drugs has been raging for over 8 decades, when marijuana was found to have disorienting effects when smoked. The federal government soon had a say in the matter when they formed the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. The very first, most efficient drug enforcement agency led by drug czar Henry Anslinger, the FBN used unlawful tactics to find anyone using or selling illegal substances and spread myths and fallacies to incriminate drugs as much as possible. One such examples of these lies was the anti-marijuana film Reefer Madness, which was used to show the "supposed" addictive properties of marijuana and the negative consequences of use which ranged from rape to violence. The first most official initiation
of the war started 34 years ago when it first came into submission by President Nixon in 1971. With the increase of......
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