War on Drugs and Incarceration

 

To what extent has the War on Drugs contributed to the rise in U.S. incarceration rates since the 1980s, and how have its policies disproportionately affected marginalized communities? Are the effects of the war on drugs still evident in the U.S. today?

 

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The "War on Drugs," a term popularized after President Richard Nixon declared drug abuse "public enemy number one" in 1971 and ramped up significantly during the Reagan administration in the 1980s, fundamentally reshaped the American legal landscape.

 

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