WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE Unhappily, the second half of the Twentieth Century proved to be a pivotal pointin America's war on drugs. New drugs, new high levels of users and addicts, newtrafficking channels - it's been an all-out assault that shows no signs of relief.
In the late 1960s, an entirely new drug consciousness arose, particularly among young- Caucasian
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America's first War on Drugs was launched in 1920 with the enactment of the Dangerous Drug Act by Congress. Laws to ban over-the-counter sales of narcotics and cocaine were slammed into effect across the country. A special federal commission was sent to Hollywood to clean up the drug use and promiscuity that had been favorably
If you follow stories in the traditional media about drug use in the United States, you might have heard some encouraging news recently. Perhaps you heard that teen drug use, particularly of marijuana or methamphetamine, is down. Or maybe you read somewhere that by blocking the sales of pseudoephedrine-containing products - an essential ingredient in the manufacture of methamphetamine - the