What's truly remarkable is the homogenous attitude towards these issues despite the enormity and diversity of the country. During the 1980's and 1990's, there w

What's truly remarkable is the homogenous attitude towards these issues despite the enormity and diversity of the country. During the 1980's and 1990's, there was a near-universal agreement that civil rights could be violated in pursuit of drug crimes and that penalties for those crimes would be harsher than even violent and sexual crimes. Many of the most aggressive laws were passed by liberals in Congress and in liberal states. If people ever wonder why there is such a backlash against "Boomers", the drug war and the completely insane laws that came with it are a huge part of the reason.