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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Richard Nixon started the war on drugs.

[–] kautau 9 points 1 year ago

True, though Reagan passed https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Drug_Abuse_Act_of_1986 which turned drug punishments from rehabilitative to punitive and was basically a way to lock up as many black people as possible for as long as possible. Another success for the “War on Drugs”. (Read: War on Black People)

After the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, the number of black people sent to federal prison skyrocketed from approximately 50 in 100,000 adults to approximately 250 in 100,000 adults.