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[https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-drug-war-and/ by Jefferson Morley and Malcolm Byrne 1989 DISSENT] | [https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-drug-war-and/ by Jefferson Morley and Malcolm Byrne 1989 DISSENT] | ||
The war on drugs is entering its twentieth year. On October 24, 1969, President Richard Nixon called a press conference to issue the initial declaration of war. Every president since has escalated the hostilities. President-elect Bush promises to do the same. Yet there is still no prospect of success. | The war on drugs is entering its twentieth year. On October 24, 1969, President Richard Nixon called a press conference to issue the initial declaration of war. Every president since has escalated the hostilities. President-elect Bush promises to do the same. Yet there is still no prospect of success. | ||
=====Poll Results on American Attitudes Toward War on Drugs===== | |||
[https://www.aclu.org/documents/poll-results-american-attitudes-toward-war-drugs by ACLU 9/6/21] | |||
As the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s declaration of a “War on Drugs” approaches, the vast | |||
majority of American voters believe the policy has been a failure. The majority of voters believe that current drug | |||
policies have made the problem of drug use and addiction worse and only served to overcrowd the nation’s jails. | |||
As a result, nearly two-thirds of the country believes we need a new approach based in public health, not law | |||
enforcement. Moreover, 66%, including majorities of Independents and Democrats, would support eliminating all | |||
criminal penalties for drug possession and reinvesting saved resources into treatment and addiction services | |||
