The war on drugs was Nixon punching back against war protesters and the civil rights movement. As it progressed, it became even more blatantly racist, with hars

The war on drugs was Nixon punching back against war protesters and the civil rights movement. As it progressed, it became even more blatantly racist, with harsher punishments for black people's drugs than white people's drugs. https://www.history.com/topics/crime/the-war-on-drugs https://www.history.com/topics/crime/the-war-on-drugs The war on drugs notably never targeted big pharma for their activity creating things like fentanyl, pushing doctors to prescribe more, and, of course, their lobbying efforts.