The war on pot/crack was Nixon's way of attacking democrats since people in prison can't vote, that's less votes for democrats in elections. He targeted specifi

The war on pot/crack was Nixon's way of attacking democrats since people in prison can't vote, that's less votes for democrats in elections. He targeted specifically drugs used by those demographics, I believe that's why people were more likely to get off using white-collar drugs than crack or pot. Correction: It was also to attack the anti-war(hippie)-left -- comes directly from a Nixon Aid: https://qz.com/645990/nixon-advisor-we-created-the-war-on-drugs-to-criminalize-black-people-and-the-anti-war-left/ https://qz.com/645990/nixon-advisor-we-created-the-war-on-dr... It's so sad that this was all created for political gain, and not because it actually would 'help' society.