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Opium Outlawed
The Outlawing of Opium was directed towards the Chinese because it was a Chinese habit -
Cocaine is Outlawed
A 1914 New York Times article say's "Negro cocaine fiends are a new southern menace: Murder and insanity increasing among lower class blacks because they have taken to sniffing -
Marijuana is outlawed
Pot is outlawed because a Texas police captain suggested that pot gave Mexicans superhuman strength to commit acts of violence. -
United States Narcotics Bureau is formed
Harry Anslinger starts a war against pot in America by titling an article " Marijuana, the assassin of youth". -
LSD is Outlawed
As an effort to stop the counter culture of young Americans in the 1960's the government made it illegal and was declared a schedule 1 substance. -
Nixon declares war on drugs
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Just say no
in 1981, Nancy Reagan, President Reagans wife came up with a slogan used across America for anti-drug use. -
Gap betwen Crack and Cocaine
In 1992 President Bill Clinton rejected a U.S. Sentencing commission recommendation to eliminate the large gap between crack and cocaine sentences. -
The rise of prisons
The amount of people in prison for non violent drug offenses increased from 50,000 in 1980 to 400,000 by 1997.