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History of the Drug War
Title: History of the Drug War
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 1313 | Pages: 5.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
History of the Drug War
History of the American Drug War
The first act of America's anti-drug laws was in 1875. It outlawed the smoking of opium in opium dens. This was a San Francisco ordinance. The basis on passing this law was that Chinese men had a way of luring white women to their dens and causing their "ruin", which was the association with Chinese men. Later, other Federal laws such, as trafficking in opium was illegal for anyone of …showed first 75 words of 1313 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1313 total…biggest drug budget ever, we have dramatically increased control and enforcement at the border. We supported a crime bill that had 60 death penalties, including the penalty for drug kingpins, and I supported a big expansion of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools program to support things like the DARE program because I thought all those things were very important.... I have consistently opposed the legalization of drugs all my public life and worked hard against them.
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