The quote in this article is dubious at best. There is no other evidence that Erlichman said this, and no evidence in the Nixon archives to back up allgation ma

The quote in this article is dubious at best. There is no other evidence that Erlichman said this, and no evidence in the Nixon archives to back up allgation made in the quote, even if Erlichman had said it. Erlichman served time in prison for Watergate, and seems to have been annoyed about not being pardoned. The records from the Nixon presidency suggest that the WOD was actually driven by Nixon's fixed belief in then-prevalent myths about the danger to America from blacks, homosexuals, drug use and mental damage. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/32247/did-ehrlichman-claim-the-reason-for-the-nixon-drug-war-was-to-criminalize-black/33044#33044 https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/32247/did-ehrli... https://medium.com/@ReachCASP/health-scientist-blacklisting-and-the-meaning-of-marijuana-in-the-oval-office-in-the-early-1970s-71ea41427b49#.9ksrgwmj3 https://medium.com/@ReachCASP/health-scientist-blacklisting-...