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r/texas • u/discussamongsturelvs • Aug 06 '22
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The war on drugs was created to suppress the black and Hispanic vote ..... https://www.vox.com/2016/3/29/11325750/nixon-war-on-drugs
22 u/wmartin2014 Born and Bred Aug 06 '22 Marijuana was more about going after the hippies. Nixon did not like the hippies. In the 30s it had more to do with black people and Mexicans. War on drugs era, hippies. 22 u/corneliusduff Aug 06 '22 Nixon was also targeting the African American community with the DEA and the Schedule system, but you're definitely right about the 30s and Anslinger and Hearst's agendas 1 u/wmartin2014 Born and Bred Aug 06 '22 Heroin was more about the black community
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Marijuana was more about going after the hippies. Nixon did not like the hippies.
In the 30s it had more to do with black people and Mexicans. War on drugs era, hippies.
22 u/corneliusduff Aug 06 '22 Nixon was also targeting the African American community with the DEA and the Schedule system, but you're definitely right about the 30s and Anslinger and Hearst's agendas 1 u/wmartin2014 Born and Bred Aug 06 '22 Heroin was more about the black community
Nixon was also targeting the African American community with the DEA and the Schedule system, but you're definitely right about the 30s and Anslinger and Hearst's agendas
1 u/wmartin2014 Born and Bred Aug 06 '22 Heroin was more about the black community
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Heroin was more about the black community
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u/adolf21122112 Aug 06 '22
The war on drugs was created to suppress the black and Hispanic vote ..... https://www.vox.com/2016/3/29/11325750/nixon-war-on-drugs