America's "War on Drugs"

Civics 101

NHPR

Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

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🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

You probably associate the so-called "War on Drugs" with the Reagans. Or maybe, more correctly, with the Nixon administration. But the government's anti-drug policies started decades before that.

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0:00.0	If you or someone you know is struggling with substance use disorder, resources are available to help.
0:05.6	At our Honor website, please reach out if you need it.
0:09.8	Nick, you were a child of the 80s, right?
0:12.5	I was indeed.
0:13.7	Do you remember this?
0:15.0	Who taught you how to do this stuff?
0:17.8	You are right! I learned it by watching you!
0:20.4	It stuff hurts!
0:21.8	It stops you from living up to your potential. It holds you back.
0:24.8	This is your brain. This is drugs.
0:28.2	This is your brain on drugs.
0:30.2	Oh, do I ever Hannah?
0:32.2	Anti-drug PSAs.
0:34.2	They were everywhere when I was a kid.
0:37.2	I think that the, I learned it from watching you, Dad, line,
0:40.2	was like the most reenacted piece of dialogue in the second grade.
0:44.2	That particular PSA came out about two years before another notable moment.
0:49.2	When President George H. W. Bush held up a bag of crap during a primetime address from the Oval Office.
0:56.2	This, this is crack cocaine.
1:00.2	Seized a few days ago by drug enforcement agents in a park just across the street from the White House.
1:08.2	It could easily have been heroin or PCP.
1:12.2	It's as innocent looking as candy.
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