War on Drugs, The Beginning, Prohibitionist, Right Wing Christians, Legalizing Drugs, The Increased Law Enforcement Cost of Maintaining the War on Drugs Getting Worst,

HISTORY OF THE WAR ON DRUGS

In 1971, the US government began cracking down on illegal drug use and distribution under President Nixon, mainly to crackdown on the student protest movement, the liberal left, and the hippy movement. Officially, the war on drugs came about due to a rise in recreational drug use during the 1960s, when some of the best music came out of that error. The goal? To increase penalties for drug-related crimes, make more money for Law Inc, Prisons Inc, Law Enforcement Inc, and a lucrative black market for organized crime and more heavily enforce these efforts, and put more drug offenders behind bars.

The movement increased the enforcement and penalties offenders face, calling drug abuse “public enemy number one.” But it also increased the need for federal funding for drug-control agencies and the prison system. Thus, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) was created in 1973 to tackle drug use and the smuggling of illegal narcotics into America, which in turn again, as during with the push of prohibition in the 1920s, that created more gangs and more profit for organized crime, much of which enters the U.S. through the southern boarders and Mexico. Again so the Mexican Cartels and the South American kingpins profit more and more as stricter prohibition kicks in, Good example, cause conflict in the Middle East, oil goes up, same with drugs and marijuana and it not regulated, so you don't know what you are getting in the first place, but it needs to be powerful enough to addict you, hint hint.

In recent decades, public support for the war on drugs varies drastically, with critics pointing to data on how people of color are targeted for drug suspicion whereas Caucasians can often receive lesser sentences for the same or similar crimes. Some also claim the country could benefit from legalizing and taxing drugs similarly to alcohol and tobacco, which many states are showing could be lucrative forms of government funding for other issues, instead of organized crime, gangs, legalize drugs and get rid of the thugs, Policymakers and other Americans, on the other hand, continue to support the war on drug, mainly church-going conservative right-wingers, the legal systems $$$$$.....and prohibitionist..

Regardless of popular support, the war is weighing. With many states legalizing marijuana, more political views are swaying toward tolerating recreational drugs. Countless facts and reports have shown little results from the war, yet a high cost for Americans. The war on drugs continues, just with less intensity today than in the early years of its creation.