On October 14, 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared a “war on drugs,” doubling-down on an initiative that was started by Richard Nixon. Reagan declared that illicit drugs were a direct threat to U.S. read more
President Ronald Reagan never really declared a war on drugs. That informal declaration happened during the President Nixon administration back in the 1970's. Ever since that time period each President stepped up on the war on drugs. President Ronald Reagan and his administration informally declared war on Crack. read more
On this day in 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared illicit drugs to be a threat to U.S. national security. Richard M. Nixon, the president who popularized the term “war on drugs,” first used the words in 1971. However, the policies that read more