After 50 Years Of The War On Drugs, 'What Good Is It Doing For Us?' - NPR
Jun 17, 2021 · Efforts to disrupt illegal drug supplies suffered yet another major blow last year after Mexican officials repudiated drug war tactics and began blocking most interdiction efforts south of the...
The U.S. has spent over a trillion dollars fighting war on drugs
June 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the war on drugs. Since 1971, America has spent over a trillion dollars enforcing its drug policy, according to research from the University of...
Progressive California and Oregon revive the war on drugs ... - NBC News
Mar 20, 2024 · — The war on drugs, once a weapon in the nation's fight against substance abuse and related crimes, is making a comeback on the West Coast. Fueled by increasingly visible signs of homelessness...
50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans
Jul 23, 2021 · At the heights of the war on drugs, federal law allowed violent drug offenders to be prosecuted in gang conspiracy cases, which often pinned homicides on groups of defendants, sometimes irrespective of who pulled the trigger.
50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans
Jul 26, 2021 · Fifty years ago this summer, President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs. Today, with the U.S. mired in a deadly opioid epidemic that did not abate during the coronavirus pandemic’s worst...
From Punishment to Prevention: Revisiting the Failed War on Drugs …
Jan 8, 2024 · Fifty years after the War on Drugs began, drug use in America has evolved but is rampant, while the number of individuals convicted of drug offenses reportedly skyrocketed by more than 500%...
New Documents Reveal the Origins of America's War On Drugs - TIME
Aug 24, 2021 · When President Nixon launched the war on drugs in 1971, it set off a bloody chain reaction in Mexico as new documents reveal.
50 years after the US declared war on drugs, AP examines racial ...
Jul 30, 2021 · Fifty years ago President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs. In the decades that followed, Black Americans, their families and their communities suffered disproportionately from harsh prison sentences and post-release restricitions.
The War on Drugs turns 50 today. It’s time to make peace.
Jun 17, 2021 · As president, Biden has acknowledged the harm the merciless War on Drugs has caused, especially on low-income African Americans. His understanding of the issue has fundamentally changed.
Global: UN report must signal end to manifestly failed ‘war on drugs ...
Jun 24, 2024 · This is a bold and urgent call on governments worldwide to finally abandon the manifestly failed policies of the so-called ‘war on drugs’. Amnesty International’s Senior Director of Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, Erika Guevara-Rosas.