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> war on drug addicts No, ir was a war on political opponents, not necessarily addicts at all. The War on Marijuana and Acid was to go after hippies, and the W
by voisin 3y ago
> war on drug addicts
No, ir was a war on political opponents, not necessarily addicts at all. The War on Marijuana and Acid was to go after hippies, and the War on Crack was to go after inner city blacks. The idea being all of these groups would have voted liberal and the Republican base supported punishing these groups. This was all assumed for decades but made explicit as the strategy by one of Nixon’s top lieutenants in recent years.
- lazide 3y agoThere was at least a token attempt to crack down on Cocaine though, and that’s about as WASP a drug as is humanly possible.
- true_religion 3y agoAren’t hippies majority WASPs too?
- lazide 3y agoUsually more like counter culture ‘trying to not be a WASP since Daddy was a WASP and he was a jerk’. So depends on how you define it.
- nvm0n2 3y agoWhich would be a great explanation if there weren't drug wars in every other part of the world too, including left wing dictatorships like China.