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Government makes most things worse. President Lyndon B. Johnson launched a war on poverty; President Richard Nixon a war on drugs. Both had good intentions, but their "wars" do more harm than good. I ...

The modern War on Drugs began in earnest on June 17, 1971, when then-U.S. president Richard Nixon declared drugs to be “public enemy number one″ and later announced an “all-out global war on ...

The president was willing to engage in ruthless ... Though he launched the War on Drugs, Nixon was not responsible for its escalation in the following decades. Nixon had signed the Comprehensive ...

It seems that some studies say when Nixon exploited ... former president Duterte, on the other hand, also declared that his administration’s war on drugs was a success as it minimized the ...

Did you know that originally, the war on drugs began in June 1971 when US president Richard Nixon declared drug abuse to be “public enemy number one” and increased federal funding for drug ...

President Richard Nixon’s remarks were captured on his secret White House recording system but had eluded the notice of leading Nixon era historians until now. President Nixon in January 1973 ...

The US-led global "War on Drugs" was declared by then President Richard Nixon on June 17, 1971. Nixon held a press conference to announce the new effort, calling drug abuse, "public enemy number one." ...

The DEA's TBT post features a photo of then-President Richard Nixon, who brought upon the drug war, receiving a “certificate of special honor” from the International Narcotic Enforcement ...

In 1973, in the wake of the surprise Yom Kippur War launched by Arab states, President Nixon ordered a mass airlift of tanks, ammunition and equipment that is credited with making the difference ...