mockingbird131313
Well-Known Member
was it not reagan who started the war on drugs?
Richard Nixon, at the start of his second term, wanted to deflect anti-war issues by starting a drug issue. Then it became a war on drugs, which had carried forward pretty much the same until Reagan came to office. He then escalated policy issues. Nancy spear-headed a school program of just say no to drugs. Also, Reagan developed a drug free work place. This instituted work place drug testing. Which legitimized the policy of a positive test keeping you out of work for a year or more, in some industries.