40 years ago today, Richard Nixon declared war on drugs.

[Tejas]

http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/06/cops-say-forty-years-of-war-on-drugs-is.html#more







1.5-1.6 million arrests a year ever since.




"We jail more of our own citizens than any other country in the world does, including those run by the worst dictators and totalitarian regimes."



Way to go...Dick.



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[RKP5637]

1. And that's worked soooooo dam well. It this a nation of slow learners or

what. Same damn stuff over and over. Reason why it goes on IMO is many are making big bucks off of the drug war, just like the rest of the wars.

[Fumesucker]

2. And it has worked smashingly well at the purpose for which it was intended..

To put it succinctly, punching hippies.

The drug war is the crown jewel of the culture wars and Nixon was a quintessential culture warrior .

[mrcheerful]

4. Yep law and order was his code words for lock minorities up and throw away the key

[Harry J Asslinger]

3. Holy shit

There are some absolutely asinine comments on that page. I wonder if they would say the same if they at the very least knew a little on the history of our current Super-Prohibition; at least that these "laws" have not been around since the dawn of this country?

[Stinky The Clown]

5. I'll actually direct less anger to him than to the last few presidents including this one

Nixon did it.

We didn't know what the consequences would be.


Now we damn fucking well know.

And we continue it.



Who is more wrong?

[bigwillq]

6. Kind of what I was just about to post.

Good points. :thumbsup:

[ixion]

7. 60 million lives ruined... way to go drug warriors

maybe someday you'll get a clue.

[marmar]

8. which was put on steroids by Reagan, the Bushes and Clinton.

nt

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. Once again, Jimmy Carter is right! His op-Ed was amazing!! n/t

[Octafish]

10. Crooks have been lying America into unnecessary, immoral and disastrous wars forever, it seemslike.

The unindicted co-conspirator Richard M Nixon might've been a better person if he drank less.

[Initech]

11. And 40 years later, no one has dared to challenge its' absurdity.

[geckosfeet]

12. He's gone and his war is still going strong. WTF is it with wars in this country?

Everything is an effing war. War on this. War on that.

Are we are better nation or people because of it? No. In fact just the opposite.

Small minded a$$hats of the largest magnitude.

[eShirl]

13. ...

[alp227]

14. Because of that, hemp supporters can't praise Nixon for starting the EPA

Prohibition lasted only 14 years, and it took that amount of time to pass the 21st amendment. Repeal the drug war now!

[Turbineguy]

15. And history has shown

that drugs are more attractive than Nixon.