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How the United States Fueled a Global Drug War


How the United States Fueled a Global Drug War, and Why It Must End

It is time the United States makes a concerted effort to de-escalate the failed, harmful, and disastrous global war on drugs.

War on Drugs | History & Mass Incarceration | Britannica

War on Drugs, the effort in the United States since the 1970s to ... United States' having the highest incarceration rate in the world.

The Global War on Drugs | Global South Studies, U.Va.

The U.S.-led global War on Drugs (WoD) refers to the conflict and violence produced by the enforcement of prohibitionist policies on the ...

Drug War History - Drug Policy Alliance

From the first U.S. anti-drug law targeting Chinese immigrants, to Nixon starting the drug war, to the first U.S. drug decriminalization law.

The War on Drugs and HIV/AIDS: How the Criminalization of Drug ...

The report describes the remarkable failure of drug law enforcement policies in reducing global drug supply, noting that the worldwide supply of illicit opiates ...

"All Eyez on Me': America's War on Drugs and the Prison-Industrial ...

... in the world incarcerates more of its citizens than does the United States. The “tough on crime” political posturing and War on Drugs rhetoric have further ...

The Drug War, Mass Incarceration and Race

With less than 5 percent of the world's population but nearly 25 percent of its incarcerated population1, the United States imprisons more.

Opinion | The U.S. Has Led the War on Drugs Abroad for Decades ...

This new strategy recognizes that the way we have approached the drug problem here at home hasn't worked. But U.S.-led international drug ...

America's War on Drugs — 50 Years Later

This month marks the 50th anniversary of America's War on Drugs, a government-mandated operation beginning in the early 1970s that has completely failed.

How the Drug War Convinced America to Wiretap the Digital ...

A new generation of tough-on-crime lawmakers, President Ronald Reagan chief among them, had redoubled America's efforts in the War on Drugs. Flush with an ...

End the War on Drugs | American Civil Liberties Union

Donate today and fuel our fight in courts, statehouses, and nationwide. ... United States, and has contributed to making America the world's largest incarcerator.

The U.S. has spent over a trillion dollars fighting war on drugs - CNBC

June 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the war on drugs. · Since 1971, America has spent over a trillion dollars enforcing its drug policy, ...

"The War on Drugs,” Militarization and States of Emergency ... - WOLA

Our collective attempt at prohibition makes drug use more hazardous while generating vast revenues that fuel organized crime and corruption ...

75. The International War on Drugs | Cato Institute

Washington's international drug war has been disastrous. Production of drugs in foreign countries has increased, and the flow of drugs to the United States has ...

Combating Drugs and Crime - United States Department of State

These actions undermine our border security, inflict harm in our communities, and threaten the stability of our allies around the world. Today, the trafficking ...

The “New” Drug War - Virginia Law Review

American taxpayers have invested trillions of dollars in the war, yet the United States continues to witness record-setting numbers of drug ...

How the war on drugs impacts social determinants of health beyond ...

The U.S. war on drugs has subjected millions to criminalisation, incarceration, and lifelong criminal records, disrupting or altogether eliminating their access ...

Why We've Failed: Lessons Learned from the US War on Drugs

Therefore, to reduce demand, we should have dealt with conditions that disproportionately affected these groups, such as racism, unemployment, ...

The War on Drugs and It's impact on International Relations ...

... War on Drugs and Its impact on International Relations between the. United States and Mexico ... drug cartels and arrest of kingpins actually fueled the ...

As the drug war turns 50, the US is still public enemy number one

For five decades, the US government has wreaked havoc both at home and abroad with its violent 'war on drugs'.