(January 6, 2018 at 11:37 am)Jane2d Wrote:(January 6, 2018 at 11:14 am)Minimalist Wrote: Of course you have to remember that the "drug war" was never about safety.... or drugs. It was about Nixon and his war machine.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/j...index.html
Yes and no. It is much older than that.
http://jackherer.com/emperor-3/
There is a difference between state/local regulations and Nixon's "War on Drugs" which resulted in the creation of the DEA.
Gee. I wonder what the difference may have been?