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Humanity has a long history of self-medicating distress. At first this was mostly with alcohol. America's prohibition efforts started in the early 1900's: prohi
by taxicabjesus 4y ago
Humanity has a long history of self-medicating distress. At first this was mostly with alcohol. America's prohibition efforts started in the early 1900's: prohibition, Harrison Narcotic Tax Act, etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasing_the_Scream#Background_and_summary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasing_the_Scream#Background_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs#20th_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs#20th_century
- annoyingnoob 4y agoIs any regulation considered an act of 'war'? I pay taxes, do you call that a War on Income? If so, when did it start?
- loeg 4y agoFederal income taxes in the US started around the beginning of the 20th century.
- annoyingnoob 4y agoTaxation is built right into the Constitution. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution (the "Taxing and Spending Clause"), specifies Congress's power to impose "Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises". No one ever called this a War on Income. My point is to the OP that claims the War on Drugs has been going on for a hundred years by pointing to any regulation of drugs. Lots of things are regulated and we do not generally call regulation a 'War on' something. It is okay to tone down the hyperbole.
- tchaffee 4y agoThe parent comment can hardly be credited with the phrase. When Nixon announced his new policies he called it a war on drugs. A catchy phrase that stuck. Far too late now to try to rename it for some sort of pedantic consistency.