On 50th Anniversary Of Nixon’s Drug War Declaration, Congressional Lawmakers Demand Reform

Marijuana Moment
By Kyle JaegerJun 17, 2021, 4:03 pm213 pts
Thursday marks the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s declaration of a war on drugs—and congressional lawmakers are seizing the day to demand reform. A historic bill to end the drug war by decriminalizing possession of all currently illicit substances was formally filed on the anniversary, and text…

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