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The War on Drugs America
It should be no secret that America has a serious and rapidly growing drug problem. According to a study conducted by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), about 12.7 million Americans have used some kind of illegal drug in the past month, and approximately 30 to 40 million people have altered their state of mind at least once in the past year (druglibrary.org). These startling facts should make your average straight-edged American wonder why the US government doesn't do something about this epidemic. The truth of the matter is that, while not directly or intentionally, the government has been a major contributor to the underground drug industry's success over the past three decades.
The first American drug law, which outlawed the smoking of opium in San Francisco, was passed in 1875. Since then, hundreds of state and federal laws have been created to prohibit the creation, use, and distribution of several different "controlled substances." Many of these......

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